Very good luck or perhaps divine intervention
The accident happened at 10:03 a.m. at the Sterling Bank & Trust building according to police.
The window washer and a co-worker were adjusting their cables from the roof while their working platform lay on the ground. Something went awry and the man ended up falling 11 stories onto the car, completely caving in the back part of the Toyota Camry’s roof.
The driver of the car, Mohammad Alcozai said he heard something very loud, felt a hard impact and stopped. He thought he had hit a biker. When he got out, he saw the victim on the ground, shaking, completely disoriented, but very much alive.
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Sam Hartwell, an eyewitness, said he was crossing the intersection when the accident happened.
“I was actually looking in the direction of where the fellow fell off the building and I saw something blue out of the corner of my eye falling and then I heard the loud thud and the shattering of the back of the car.”
Once he realized it was a falling body, he said about 20 people rushed around the man, at which point calls were made out to 911. Citizens then started to direct traffic.
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It is very unlikely the victim would have survived the fall if he hadn’t landed on top of the car, staff scientist Paul Doherty at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, explained. “The roof of the car caved in and softened the blow, allowed him to stop falling, especially if he hit it flat. It spread out the impact of the force.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11/21/man-falls-from-building-onto-car-in-san-franciscos-financial-district/
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The accident happened at 10:03 a.m. at the Sterling Bank & Trust building according to police.
The window washer and a co-worker were adjusting their cables from the roof while their working platform lay on the ground. Something went awry and the man ended up falling 11 stories onto the car, completely caving in the back part of the Toyota Camry’s roof.
The driver of the car, Mohammad Alcozai said he heard something very loud, felt a hard impact and stopped. He thought he had hit a biker. When he got out, he saw the victim on the ground, shaking, completely disoriented, but very much alive.
...
Sam Hartwell, an eyewitness, said he was crossing the intersection when the accident happened.
“I was actually looking in the direction of where the fellow fell off the building and I saw something blue out of the corner of my eye falling and then I heard the loud thud and the shattering of the back of the car.”
Once he realized it was a falling body, he said about 20 people rushed around the man, at which point calls were made out to 911. Citizens then started to direct traffic.
...
It is very unlikely the victim would have survived the fall if he hadn’t landed on top of the car, staff scientist Paul Doherty at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, explained. “The roof of the car caved in and softened the blow, allowed him to stop falling, especially if he hit it flat. It spread out the impact of the force.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11/21/man-falls-from-building-onto-car-in-san-franciscos-financial-district/
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