New Zealand teenager survives 16-story fall, and more

A New Zealand teenager somehow survived after falling 16 stories from a high-rise apartment building to a concrete floor below.

New Zealand teenager survives 16-story fall

A New Zealand teenager somehow survived after falling 16 stories from a high-rise apartment building to a concrete floor below. The boy suffered only a broken rib and fractured wrist after the fall, and witnesses said his descent was slowed when he hit the roof of a parking garage and crashed through. Doctors, who say it is rare to survive a fall beyond five stories, described the boy’s survival as “miraculous.”

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