Posted on 04/13/2020 11:34:35 AM PDT by upchuck
The now six-year-old boy who was thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America is celebrating his recovery a year after the incident.
In April 2019, Landen was with his mother at the Mall of America when a man "looking for someone to kill" approached Landen and threw him over the balcony, according to court documents. The nearly 40-foot fall left Landen seriously injured with a long road to recovery. Donations poured in with more than $1 million raised online.
According to family updates, Landen returned home in August and as of late November, Landen was walking "perfectly."
In June, Emmanuel Aranda pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted murder and was sentenced to 19 years in prison. While it's been a difficult journey for Landen, he told his family he "feel[s] bad" for Aranda.
On Easter Sunday, his family posted on his GoFundMe that "miracles happen," and that at this time last year, Landen was still intubated and fighting for his life.
"My family is living proof that miracles happen. One year ago today, a man tried to destroy our family. I witnessed hate and sin in the worst way a mother possibly could. The only thing I could do is cry out to Jesus," family wrote. "My hope is that you take time to reflect on what’s most important. To feel God’s endless love around you with His message of hope and healing. Forgive who needs to be forgiven and know that Jesus died for you and rose again for your salvation. The message of love and hope that Jesus brought to the world is needed today more than ever. On behalf of myself and my family, we wish you and your loved ones all the Blessings of Easter."
I know it was covered locally. I remember the story very well, and I’m not even close to local. I was dragging the so called “news” with my comment.
Ever been there? Go on a Sunday some time….
“this POS should be hanged shot and burned”
It’s becoming more obvious every day that we need to reset. No justice, NO Republic. The question becomes...How best to do it?
That, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
WE ARE NOT SAFE. WE’RE DEFINITELY NOT HAPPY. Witness current events.
Secondly,How the hell did Minnesota get so messed up with these barbarians form the Somali sh*thole?
When muslims attack …
I think something got lost in transition there. Is Aranda a Moslem?
I have been there numerous times. I used to go there when it was Metropolitan Stadium. I used to go to Met Center to watch North Stars games.
My friends and I would shoot model rockets in the crater of the demolished stadium.
My dad delivered the steel from LeJeune Steel to the site when they built the mall. He was one of the only drivers certified to haul the roof beams which were over 100 feet long.
I was in the mall during construction, before it opened.
I went many times before there were any Somali immigrants in Minnesota.
And I go many times every year now.
To state that the Mall of America is a Somali ghetto is simply not true.
Just cause you didn’t hear it doesn’t mean it wasn’t all over the news.
It was national news.
He wasn’t “looking for someone to kill.” He was looking for someone WHITE to kill.
I did hear it. I’m mocking the MSM.
I remembered vividly around 2012 (?) obama and DHS MADE SURE to relocated somalians into MN as refugees. That asshole allowed a lot of refugees specifically in red areas to mis-balance the GOP and independent advantage. It’s in FR archives but the exact year I’m not sure.
I spend about 4 weeks a month in MSP. I stay at hotels in Bloomington. I go to the MoA on weekends to pass pass time. You are most definitely wrong.
Ahlahu Akbar!
May Allah guide the hand of an assassin and cause him to die a slow painful death from deep stab wounds in the liver, while biker gangs in the day and black guerrilla gang at night treat him the way the messenger treated his 9-year old wife.
Have the democrats released the muslim yet from prison.
I bet they will.
They were here looking before 2012. Took over the West Bank, hippie area near UofMN, in the 90s.
“this POS should be hanged shot and burned”
Right ideas, wrong order.
“19 years?!?
Are you kidding me?“
I don’t think he should have spent a single day in jail.
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