Bronx Boy Dies After 23-Story Fall

That;s really awful.

@hhusted that really is terrible.. I guess parents need to be vigilant even at home as accidents can happen anywhere not only outside the home.

Oh, gosh. How horrible. How old did they say the boy was? I didn't see it in the article. How heart wrenching.

@hhusted when I lived at a high rise in Midtown, the windows didnt have bars but could only open partially. We were on the 38th floor so I guess that in it was a safety measure as you could hardly squeeze your arm through the gap let alone your entire body..though I must admit it was stifling during the summer..much prefer my current lower floor apartment where I can open my windows completely..

@Uptowngirl: I guess not every landlord follows the child safety gate laws.

They should enforce those laws. I'm sure that landlords can get sued for stuff like that.

Isn't a balcony completely different from a window, though? There's nothing you can do to make them completely safe, save topping them with a cage. And I read an article about this incident where someone attested that even though some balconies in the building had been shut down because they didn't meet standards, the one that the child fell off of met those standards and hadn't been closed off. This is a sad case, and we could point a lot of fingers but that doesn't really change what happened - sort of like a kid sneaking out and accidentally drowning in their own pool.

True.

@BroadwayBK Indeed, sometimes things turn out awfully and there isn't anyone to blame, really.

Oh, God, how awful! How terrible for all involved! It sounds like a dreadful accident - I hope that the parents were not at fault and will not be subjected to undue scrutiny as they grieve.

@everyone: Ah, parents are alwsy asked q's even if they didn't do anything. Ihd a friend (who is now deceased from Chrones Disease) whose nephew died in UT whil getting up one night to go to the bathroom. His mom (never met her but have seen pics) listened for him to make it back to his bedroom. He never made it back. Turns out he saw a toy on the back of the sink andwent to get it. The sink was one of those free sinks. The kind that stand away from the wall. Well, he got stuck between the wall the sink. Since he has disabilities he often would throw up when scared. This is what he did. He had no wa of getting the vomit out of his mouth and died from self-asphyxiation. Poor little guy was only four I think. He was very beautiful. The way I found out was bc my friends mothers was knocking on my door at 5-6 in the morning trying to reach her son to tell him. He was my downstairs roommate. Nonetheless, the mother was investigated but found not-guilty. Though I have heard from many people that they think she did it. I know she wouldn't have. I may have never met her but I have spoken to her. She was constantly worried about her son.

That's terrible...and tragic.

@Freyja4 that's such a tragic story..life is so unpredictable.