A true miracle occurred in the Bronx, New York: a one-year-old baby fell into the void from the back window of a fifth floor and survived. Incredible, but real. The Police arrested a man who is not the father, but who was inside the apartment with the child when the fall occurred.
The New York Police officially reported that the fall occurred around 6:40 p.m. this Friday, in the building located at 593 Oak Terrace, near Beekman Avenue, in the Mott Haven neighborhood.
And the emergency services transported the baby to the Harlem Hospital Center, where he was admitted. The latest medical report indicated that he is «stable and out of danger,» according to the newspaper. The New York Post.
Meanwhile, it was reported that a man who was in said room was arrested, and although his identity was not revealed, it was learned that he is not the father of the child. There were also other small children at the scene, but no details were provided about who they were.
A 35-year-old neighbor – identified as Jane – testified to the New York newspaper that she went out to the street when she heard the sirens and saw a man walking back and forth in front of the property. «He was walking from one side to the other. The parents were nowhere to be seen. It was heartbreaking,» the woman lamented.
For now, the incident is under investigation. Although it was known that he fell from a fifth-story window to the backyard of the building, it is not clear where he impacted.
Behind the building there is a concrete wall about 3 meters high that extends to the fenced yard of another house, where there is also a tree and bushes, according to the publication.
It is speculated that perhaps this environment prevented us from immediately establishing whether the baby fell on concrete, vegetation or a combination of both surfaces. The truth is that he is safe.
The baby’s fall in Mott Haven joined other recent episodes in and around the city.
Last month, a two-year-old girl survived after falling two stories out of the window of her home in Brooklyn while her mother was in the bathroom, and in April a five-year-old boy also survived after falling from a third-story window in the Bronx and landing on a concrete sidewalk.
