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Man plunges 9 stories from NJ high-rise, lands on BMW — and survives
New York Post ^ | 10/7/2021 | Natalie O'Neill

Posted on 10/07/2021 12:10:03 PM PDT by Yossarian

A man plunged nine stories from a high-rise in Jersey City, NJ, landed on a BMW — and miraculously survived, according to stunning photos and a witness.

The man crashed through the roof of the Beemer parked below 26 Journal Square at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, then stood up with a broken arm and asked, “What happened?,” onlooker Christina Smith, 21, told The Post.


According to witnesses, the man plunged through the roof of the BMW and then quickly got up.

“I heard a big boom and I didn’t think it was a person at first,” said Smith. “The back window of the car just busted out — exploded. Then the guy jumped up and started screaming. His arm was all twisted.”

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She quickly called 911, then took jaw-dropping photos and videos of the aftermath, including graphic footage of the man screaming in pain with upper-body injuries.

He was rushed to a hospital by ambulance and his condition was not immediately known Thursday.

Police are investigating the incident, including whether he jumped, fell or was pushed, according to nj.com.

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(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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Talk about "waking up after a 'bender'" - a car bender!
1 posted on 10/07/2021 12:10:03 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: dead

New Jersey Hijinks Ping


2 posted on 10/07/2021 12:11:28 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: Yossarian

The miracle isn’t that he survived. The miracle is that someone found street parking near Journal Square.


3 posted on 10/07/2021 12:11:37 PM PDT by thesharkboy (Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
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To: Yossarian

No point in buying any lotto tickets after that.


4 posted on 10/07/2021 12:11:41 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Yossarian
“I heard a big boom and I didn’t think it was a person at first,” said Smith.

Lawsuit is imminent -- "I felt disrespected and dehumanized by her comment. Here I had just survived a very traumatic event, and she was denying me my very right of existence."

5 posted on 10/07/2021 12:13:13 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
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To: Yossarian

Seems like a hard way to make a sun roof.


6 posted on 10/07/2021 12:14:09 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Yossarian

Doesn’t look like the bimmer survived.


7 posted on 10/07/2021 12:17:15 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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I feel bad for the owner of the car..I dont think GEICO covers that kind of damage


8 posted on 10/07/2021 12:22:54 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Oh good he had a mask on


9 posted on 10/07/2021 12:24:56 PM PDT by KMG365
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To: thesharkboy

LOL

Stacey Abrams is going to schedule the same stunt for Noon tomorrow as a publicity gimmick for fundraising.

After hers the junk man will say: “Well I won’t need the magnet crane or the car crusher. This pancake is ready now.”


10 posted on 10/07/2021 12:25:32 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Oh good he had a mask on


11 posted on 10/07/2021 12:26:05 PM PDT by KMG365
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BMW owner e-mails Insurance agent and then calls....

Owner: Hello this is Joe, I need you to open the attachment to the e-mail I just sent you. Don't worry about needing to verify who I am, Just open it and watch.

Agent: Wow! I'm sorry but that's not covered under your Auto policy.

Owner: Exactly what does "Comprehensive" mean?

12 posted on 10/07/2021 12:26:44 PM PDT by G Larry (Those destroying the Constitution must demonize those who would defend it.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Maybe the car owner has Farmers Insurance.

“We know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two.”


13 posted on 10/07/2021 12:28:47 PM PDT by jerseyman
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To: Yossarian

Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 – May 1, 1947)[1] was an American bookkeeper who took her own life by jumping from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. A photograph taken four minutes after her death by photography student Robert Wiles subsequently gained iconic status, being referred to as "the most beautiful suicide"

14 posted on 10/07/2021 12:30:13 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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To: Yossarian; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; mylife; Rebelbase

MRS. SWEEDLER

Mr. Costanza, come in, come in. It’s been a very trying couple of days around the hospital. Patients, doctors, everyone, just grief stricken over this unfortunate occurrence.

George

Well, I join them in their grief.

Mrs. Sweedler

Horrible, just a horrible thing. Flew right past the children’s wing. All the sick children, in the playroom, looking out the window, just traumatize by the incident. Apparently, they all thought he was flying. You know how children are, “Oh look. A man is flying. A man is flying” And then, splat...

George

Yes, splat. Exactly. Splat. That’s where I come in. On splat. You see, Mrs. Sweedler, or is it hospital administrator Sweedler?

Mrs. Sweedler

Mrs. Sweedler’s fine.

George

You see, that tragedy affected me in a very, very personal way.

Mrs. SWEEDLER

How is that?

George

Yes, you see, the deceased landed on my car. The splat, as it were, actually took place on the roof of my car. I can’t help but think that had it been a convertible this whole tragedy may have been averted but I’ve never been the type to buy a convertible, what with the baldness and all.

Mrs. SWEEDLER

Well I’ve known bald men who owned convertibles. They wore a hat.

George

Well then it’s all pulled down. Anyway. The damage, unfortunately, has marred an otherwise fine automobile, rendering it virtually undriveable.

Mrs. SWEEDLER

(STIFFENING) Yes, well, that is a shame.

George

Yes, a shame. That’s just how I would describe it. Now, with all due sensitivity and discretion, bearing in mind the scope of the situation, I can’t help but think the hospital bears some responsibility to compensate the other, still living “victim”, of this horrendous, horrendous tragedy.

SHE GLARES


15 posted on 10/07/2021 12:31:40 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Yossarian

Maybe this part of some Gender Reveal party.


16 posted on 10/07/2021 12:32:49 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: KMG365

Yes, BUT! Did he get the JAB?


17 posted on 10/07/2021 12:33:55 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules
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To: Yossarian

18 posted on 10/07/2021 12:34:31 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Larry Lucido

I think the movie was better


19 posted on 10/07/2021 12:36:56 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II (No Fat Chicks, ev-ah)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Maybe fall under "act of nature"?
I mean, you can't argue with gravity ;^)
20 posted on 10/07/2021 12:37:07 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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