There have been many ways to describe a 2-year-old boy surviving a 15-story free fall off an outdoor balcony into a small bush last week in Montgomery County, Maryland. But any discussion quickly gives way to the question: How?
…They treated the boy and took him to a nearby hospital with injuries including a broken leg and multiple internal injuries, police said. They described the injuries as “non-life-threatening” and said the child is expected to survive.
…Hosoi estimates that if a rabbit falls out of airplane and lands on dirt or something softer, the rabbit has a 50 percent chance of not being injured. From there, she said, you can look at animals and humans that are smaller or larger than rabbits.
“The rabbit is the borderline case,” Hosoi said. “Mouse survives. Smaller rabbit survives. Bigger than a rabbit probably results in injury.”
Here is the WaPo article, it is unclear what led to the fall. Should I believe that claim about the rabbit? So Noah could just toss his rabbit out of an airplane and it might be fine? I am not entirely persuaded.
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