Man Survives Two Suicide Leaps From 4th-Floor Window
A man survived two 40-foot leaps from a fourth-story window, both times landing on the same car in the street below.
The 30-year-old was in fair condition Sunday at a hospital in Buffalo, police said. After his first jump, the man rode an elevator back to the fourth floor and repeated his suicide attempt, police said.
“That’s a total of eight floors and other than a broken wrist and a broken ankle, he’s in as good shape as you or I,” police Capt. Emil Palombo said.
He said police believe the man suffered his more serious injuries in the second fall because the first one had buckled the car so that it could not absorb as much impact.
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