Man awake, talking after 47-floor fall

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/3/08 | David B. Caruso - ap

[sionnsar]

I’m guessing it wasn’t free-fall, but a miracle nonetheless!

[mtbopfuyn]

Were his first words, “What’s for breakfast?”

[rdl6989]

It wasn’t his time to go.

[sionnsar]

Science may never be able to explain what protected Moreno when the platform he and his brother were using atop an Upper East Side apartment tower broke free and fell to the ground.

Okay, not completely free-fall. Reduce the Gs at ground level, you may have a chance.

[11th_VA]

Wow - life would suck if this guy’s illegal and get deported ...

[OCC]

Amazing story. He fell almost half the height of the WTC. I understand his brother met a particularly gruesome death when he landed on a fence.

[VOA]

“Alcides Moreno, 37, plummeted almost 500 feet in a Dec. 7 scaffolding
collapse that killed his brother.”

Wow...about ten times the height usually called “the death zone”
(a fall from 50 feet).

Well, at least as they say on CSI on TV...it’s not the fall that kills
you...it’s how you land.
But this guy certainly had some sort of nearly unbelievable luck.
Even if it was all physics.

[theymakemesick]

"Wow - life would suck if this guy’s illegal and get deported ..."

Edgar Moreno, 30, of Linden N.J., died instantly. He was buried in Ecuador, where the brothers are from.

It's not out of the question.

[Dr. Sivana]

Were his first words, “What’s for breakfast?”

His real first words were funnier, and were an almost perfect replay of the second JibJib 2004 Election animation. He grabbed a nurse, and his wife told him to keep his hands to himself. And he responded, "What'd I do?!"

[Squantos]

Wow....talk about yer dead cat bounce !

[null and void]

Were his first words, “What’s for breakfast?”

Nope. "What did I do?"

Any married man knows that's what you say when you wake up in the hospital...

[fieldmarshaldj]

Lucky fella.

[Caramelgal]

In those first critical hours, doctors pumped 24 units of donated blood into his body — about twice his entire blood volume.

That’s why I feel all warm and fuzzy inside whenever I donate blood (and no, it’s just not the temporary head giddiness because of blood loss – it’s only a pint – and I don’t even miss it).

Donating blood is relatively painless, is very safe for the donor and doesn’t take much time (I’ve done it during my lunch hour). The most “painful” and time consuming part is filling out the questionnaire.

You just never know whose life you might be helping to save. It could be a victim of a car accident, work accident, a cop or soldier injured in the line of duty, a cancer patient or a small child or infant. It could be your neighbor or friend.

My blood has tested negative for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) meaning my blood is especially useful for newborn infants that need blood transfusions.

With all jokes aside, hospitals and trauma centers are facing serious shortages. If you’ve never donate blood before, give it a try. If you haven’t donated in awhile, it’s time to do so again.

[JasonC]

He remembered to jump up and down in the falling elevator, giving him a 50 50 chance of being in the air when it hit (lol).

[NRA2BFree]

I’m guessing it wasn’t free-fall, but a miracle nonetheless!

I read about this accident the day after it happened(in the local paper). Witnesses said he laid on top of the scaffolding and rode it down like a surfboard. The board took a lot of the shock. It's a miracle that he lived. His brother was thrown free and died on impact.

[sionnsar]

That’s why I feel all warm and fuzzy inside whenever I donate blood

I donated a couple of times -- but in the last one the van was way overheated, the air too humid (this was in winter) and dirty-close feeling, and the staff just a bit too carefree. I left the van feeling dirty.

But it doesn't really matter any more for me since my travels have now taken me to places where, having been there, I am not supposed to donate anymore.

[sionnsar]

I read about this accident the day after it happened(in the local paper). Witnesses said he laid on top of the scaffolding and rode it down like a surfboard. The board took a lot of the shock.

Thanks for the confirmation! A "little" thing like this clearly can make all the difference.

[null and void]

Like in Dark Star?

[NRA2BFree]

Thanks for the confirmation! A "little" thing like this clearly can make all the difference.

Glad it helped. The paper also said that employees are trained to try to ride it down like that in case of an accident, because the board absorbs much of the impact.

It's hard to believe that anyone could live after that far of a fall. I got knocked backward 3 1/2 feet out of a trailer and fractured several bones. The next day, I literally couldn't move from the pain. I can only imagine the pain this man has gone through. It is a miracle he's alive.