Definition of a bad day...jumping 40 stories and living

[mlyonsd]

NEW YORK -- A New York City man who plunged 40 stories from the roof 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 W.
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 New York 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 survived a fall of 47 stories from the roof of a skyscraper in December 2007.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/01...tment-rooftop/

[noa]

Here's a picture...crappy because it's from a cell phone camera. He definitely didn't go through the windshield.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by RustShack

Soo... how did he go throw the windshield and land in the backseat?

I believe my rosary theory is the prevailing theory at the moment.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by noa

Here's a picture...crappy because it's from a cell phone camera. He definitely didn't go through the windshield.

That's a good theory, too.

[mlyonsd]

Update: Due to an AP error, NewsFeed reported Magill's fall as 40 stories, when he in fact fell 39 stories

Never mind people, nothing to see here....it was only 39 stories, not 40.

[seclark]

Originally Posted by noa

Here's a picture...crappy because it's from a cell phone camera. He definitely didn't go through the windshield.

he no doubt read the "stop" lettering on the road next to the car.
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[cdcox]

Chrysler products are the best! /HemiEd

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by RustShack

Soo... how did he go throw the windshield and land in the backseat?

I believe they are called rear windshields by some.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

I believe they are called rear windshields by some.

Only if one is driving backwards. And, it's windscreens.

[mlyonsd]

Can you imagine, just sitting there with the window down listening to the radio when all of a sudden a guy hits your car at 100+?

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by Donger

Only if one is driving backwards. And, it's windscreens.

EHow disagrees. http://www.ehow.com/rear-windshield/

[Otter]

I'll just attach this one to this thread:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_1...69-504083.html

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CBS/AP/KBAK) Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, a woman who apparently tried to force her way into her "on-again, off-again" boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney, died of mechanical asphyxia, according to autopsy results released Tuesday.

Kotarac's decomposing body was found in the chimney three days after the attempt, reportedly by someone house-sitting at the address.

According to police, the 49-year-old woman first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue.

It is unknown if Kotarac was drunk when she apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home, but Bakersfield police Sgt. Mary DeGeare said Kotarac had been drinking earlier that evening at a restaurant.

While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation," authorities said.

DeGeare said the two were in an "on-again, off-again" relationship.

The man's identity was not revealed by police, but the man who resides in the home is William Moodie, 58.

"She made an unbelievable error in judgment and nobody understands why, and unfortunately she's passed away," Moodie told The Associated Press. "She had her issues - she had her demons - but I never lost my respect for her."

Reached by telephone, Moodie did not dispute the police's characterization of his relationship with Kotarac. He would not comment on the circumstances that led to her death, saying it was more important to focus on the good she did in life.

Moodie, who runs an engineering consulting firm, said Kotarac was a superb internist who often provided service and medication free of charge to her patients.

The body was found Saturday night, by the house-sitter, who was at the house to care for the homeowner's fish. The person smelled the woman's body and found her stuck about 2 feet above the interior opening of the fireplace.

Firefighters spent five hours late Saturday dismantling the chimney and flue from outside the home to extract Kotarac's body, DeGeare said.

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I would have thought someone could last in a chimney, as long as there wasn't a fire started, for more than three days.

[Fumblerooski]

Originally Posted by seclark

might as well JUMP!
go ahead and jump.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by mlyonsd

Update: Due to an AP error, NewsFeed reported Magill's fall as 40 stories, when he in fact fell 39 stories

Never mind people, nothing to see here....it was only 39 stories, not 40.

That pretty much ruins it for me.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by mlyonsd

The car's owner, Guy McCormack, of Old Bridge, N.J., told the New York Daily News he's convinced that rosary beads he kept inside the Dodge saved Magill's life.

Yeah that's the ticket

Nothing like some 49 cent plastic beads to break your fall...

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Otter

DeGeare said the two were in an "on-again, off-again" relationship.

My guess is that it's "off again".