Window Washer falls 47 floors and expected to make a full recovery....how?!?!

Exterous

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Its been a while since physics but his terminal velocity was probably not high enough to kill him
 

SampSon

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Originally posted by: Exterous
Its been a while since physics but his terminal velocity was not high enough to kill him
You could fall 20 feet and easily die.

There are lots of cases where people fall insane heights and live. There are plenty of sky divers that have fallen further than that and lived with full recovery.
 

Kadarin

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Originally posted by: hiromizu
No question that the great lord JESUS was with him.

No question. The great lord JESUS made sure he survived, even if he couldn't do anything for the guy who got cut in half, nor those hundreds of thousands of tsunami victims a few years back...

Hallelujah! Can I get an AMEN?! Praise the Lord!
 

SampSon

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Originally posted by: hiromizu
No question that the great lord JESUS was with him.
Do you mean Jesus the cuban refugee cocaine dealer?
I bet cocaine had something to do with this guys survival.
 

Fingolfin269

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Originally posted by: Kadarin
Originally posted by: hiromizu
No question that the great lord JESUS was with him.

No question. The great lord JESUS made sure he survived, even if he couldn't do anything for the guy who got cut in half, nor those hundreds of thousands of tsunami victims a few years back...

Hallelujah! Can I get an AMEN?! Praise the Lord!

Well, this is definitely helpful.
 
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Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Exterous
Its been a while since physics but his terminal velocity was not high enough to kill him
You could fall 20 feet and easily die.

There are lots of cases where people fall insane heights and live. There are plenty of sky divers that have fallen further than that and lived with full recovery.

It depends on the fall, how you break your fall, what breaks your fall, and believe it or not, being unconscious helps if you land hard.

It's crazy what people can live through when one tenth of it would kill anyone if you just remove one factor.

I'm not brave enough to speculate on why this shit happens, but it happens.
 

olds

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Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Exterous
Its been a while since physics but his terminal velocity was not high enough to kill him
You could fall 20 feet and easily die.

There are lots of cases where people fall insane heights and live. There are plenty of sky divers that have fallen further than that and lived with full recovery.

It depends on the fall, how you break your fall, what breaks your fall, and believe it or not, being unconscious helps if you land hard.

It's crazy what people can live through when one tenth of it would kill anyone if you just remove one factor.

I'm not brave enough to speculate on why this shit happens, but it happens.
I think I just felt a brain cell die. :confused:

 

Kadarin

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Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Originally posted by: Kadarin
Originally posted by: hiromizu
No question that the great lord JESUS was with him.

No question. The great lord JESUS made sure he survived, even if he couldn't do anything for the guy who got cut in half, nor those hundreds of thousands of tsunami victims a few years back...

Hallelujah! Can I get an AMEN?! Praise the Lord!

Well, this is definitely helpful.

You need to have a little more faith, my son...
 
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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Exterous
Its been a while since physics but his terminal velocity was not high enough to kill him
You could fall 20 feet and easily die.

There are lots of cases where people fall insane heights and live. There are plenty of sky divers that have fallen further than that and lived with full recovery.

It depends on the fall, how you break your fall, what breaks your fall, and believe it or not, being unconscious helps if you land hard.

It's crazy what people can live through when one tenth of it would kill anyone if you just remove one factor.

I'm not brave enough to speculate on why this shit happens, but it happens.
I think I just felt a brain cell die. :confused:

So now you are OFFICIALLY brain dead then?
 

flxnimprtmscl

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Originally posted by: Exterous
Its been a while since physics but his terminal velocity was probably not high enough to kill him

Was that really an honest response? Seriously? You didn't actually think about what you were typing did you?
 

JD50

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Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Exterous
Its been a while since physics but his terminal velocity was not high enough to kill him
You could fall 20 feet and easily die.

There are lots of cases where people fall insane heights and live. There are plenty of sky divers that have fallen further than that and lived with full recovery.

It depends on the fall, how you break your fall, what breaks your fall, and believe it or not, being unconscious helps if you land hard.

It's crazy what people can live through when one tenth of it would kill anyone if you just remove one factor.

I'm not brave enough to speculate on why this shit happens, but it happens.
I think I just felt a brain cell die. :confused:

So now you are OFFICIALLY brain dead then?

Zing!
 

olds

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Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Exterous
Its been a while since physics but his terminal velocity was not high enough to kill him
You could fall 20 feet and easily die.

There are lots of cases where people fall insane heights and live. There are plenty of sky divers that have fallen further than that and lived with full recovery.

It depends on the fall, how you break your fall, what breaks your fall, and believe it or not, being unconscious helps if you land hard.

It's crazy what people can live through when one tenth of it would kill anyone if you just remove one factor.

I'm not brave enough to speculate on why this shit happens, but it happens.
I think I just felt a brain cell die. :confused:

So now you are OFFICIALLY brain dead then?

Nice. :D I didn't think you had it in you. Well, at least not since that one night.
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