NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man who plunged 40 stories from the rooftop of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car.
Witnesses and police say 22-year-old Thomas Magill jumped from the high-rise at West 63rd Street on Tuesday. He landed in the backseat area of a Dodge Charger after crashing through the windshield.
He suffered broken legs. Police say he’s in critical condition.
The car’s owner, Guy McCormack, of Old Bridge, N.J., told the Daily News he‘s convinced that rosary beads he kept inside the Dodge saved Magill’s life.
Police are investigating why Magill jumped from the building.
Magill isn’t the only New Yorker to survive a high-rise fall. Window washer Alcides Moreno fell 47 stories from the roof of a skyscraper in December 2007, and doctors expected him to walk again.
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StephenK
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 5:16pmReporters didn’t state that the “man” actually was a 22 yr old crash test dummy, named Thomas.
molleighsgm
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 4:25pmWow that is really crazy!!! I hope he isn’t paralyzed from the fall. Unbelievable that two stories happen with the same car. I hope this man gets the help he needs to become whole again. Makes me sad to think that a 22 year old would think that suicide was the only solution to whatever he is going through. I will say a prayer for Thomas and his family.
Report Post »Ad rem
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 3:26pmNow we finally know what Dodge Chargers are good for…
Report Post »Huckabee Gingrich 12
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 2:06amThat leather must be really soft…
Report Post »OgerFrumMuskoger
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 1:06pmCorinthian Leather…. I think they have a lifetime supply left over from the 70′s
Report Post »BlazeOfGlory
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 2:45pmElevator not working?
Report Post »Spinfuel
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 2:25pmWait, what? Two stories about falling out of and onto a Dodge Charger? Are you serious? What are the odds?
NickyLouse
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 1:26pmThank you, Scott Baker for including both of those stories, keeping it light or weird where you can.
Report Post »LRC
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 1:06pmGeorge Bush, it‘s Bush’s fault
The Architect
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 1:06pmPossible suicide, prevented by cushy backseats? If so, dodge deserves some credit! :)
Report Post »OgerFrumMuskoger
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 1:01pmNahhh…. Dodge got enough “Credit” already. If it had been an early 70′s Charger, the man would have succeded… Maybe God has other plans for him now…
Report Post »Freelancer
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 1:04pmI‘m going to guess he’s not real happy right now. Imagine jumping thinking you will most assuredly die and then wake up in traction…. OOPS! Maybe he was pushed? It will be blamed on either Glenn Beck or Fox News somehow I think.
1935niels
Posted on September 1, 2010 at 4:19pmYou got it all wrong. It was undoubtedly Bush’s falt, not Fox or Beck. you failed to remember that was the day that Fox and Beck gave bush to rest up while they were screwing up the economy. For crying out loud get your facts straight.
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fiddsticks
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 4:57amor maybe he just wanted to fly
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