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NYC man plunges 40 stories, lands on car, survives
ap ^ | Sep 1

Posted on 09/01/2010 9:19:21 AM PDT by JoeProBono

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...

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It might have well been a better choice than what was going on 40 floors up....


21 posted on 09/01/2010 9:34:35 AM PDT by himno hero
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To: Hieronymus
How do you land on a BACK SEAT after crashing through a windshield???

By crashing through the rear windshield.

22 posted on 09/01/2010 9:34:53 AM PDT by VRWCmember ("All men make mistakes ... married men find out about them sooner" - Red Skelton)
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To: JoeProBono
Check out the Free Fall Research Page.

There are some amazing stories there.

23 posted on 09/01/2010 9:35:46 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: VRWCmember

He redefined back seat banging...


24 posted on 09/01/2010 9:36:39 AM PDT by himno hero
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To: JoeProBono

Didn’t a guy fall on George’s car in a Seinfeld episode? It amazes me how EVERYTHING seems to remind me of something that happened in Seinfeld.


25 posted on 09/01/2010 9:36:41 AM PDT by DManA
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To: JoeProBono

HIGHLANDER!!!!


26 posted on 09/01/2010 9:36:55 AM PDT by Mr. Bird
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To: TommyDale
Yesterday this was reported as 39 stories. Which is it?

I saw a story yesterday that said he jumped from the sixth floor of a 40-story building.

27 posted on 09/01/2010 9:38:21 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: DManA

28 posted on 09/01/2010 9:41:51 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono

There are unconfirmed reports that the Dodge belonged to a shoe salesman from Chicago.


29 posted on 09/01/2010 9:42:14 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: cynwoody

30 posted on 09/01/2010 9:45:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: DManA

“It amazes me how EVERYTHING seems to remind me of something that happened in Seinfeld.”

Yup. The show that everyone thought was about nothing has turned out to be as accurate as Nostradamus in foreseeing future events. Of course, I don’t remember any episode in which a black president was elected who proceeded to trash the country in only 18 months.


31 posted on 09/01/2010 9:46:04 AM PDT by DrC
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To: TommyDale
Yesterday this was reported as 39 stories. Which is it? Someone is exaggerating!! /sarcasm

It's 40 stories if you include the mezzanine.

/obscure movie reference

32 posted on 09/01/2010 9:47:24 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: JoeProBono

It would be like watching the opening scene of “Mad Men”, if he was wearing a suit.


33 posted on 09/01/2010 9:50:49 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: JoeProBono
Thomas Magill jumped...

I don't normally advocate suicide, but when you are so incompetent that you fail to kill yourself jumping from a 40 story building....

34 posted on 09/01/2010 9:51:58 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (I tweet, too...)
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To: Disambiguator

LOL!!


35 posted on 09/01/2010 9:53:24 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: JoeProBono

If he chose to land on a Volvo...he may not have broken his legs.


36 posted on 09/01/2010 9:55:51 AM PDT by PoloSec (Note to Princess B H Obama: May PISS be Upon Mohammads Head...You Pervert)
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To: PoloSec

bttt


37 posted on 09/01/2010 9:57:39 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: JoeProBono; NYer; Salvation; narses
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.
38 posted on 09/01/2010 11:12:04 AM PDT by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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