Toddler in Montgomery County survives fall from 15th floor

A 2-year-old young boy in Silver Spring, Maryland, fell from a 15th-floor apartment or condo veranda, struck bushes on the ground and coped with an injury.

The kid, who has actually not been called, fell at the Enclave Apartment or condos at 2:11 p.m. Thursday. He fell under brush and mulch and was sent out to the health center with non-life-threatening injuries, the Montgomery County Cops Department stated, according to the MoCo Program blog site.

The apartment or condo the young boy fell from has protective glass on its veranda, however not a railing, MCPD spokesperson Shiera Goff informed ABC News. Grownups were home at the time of the fall.

” By all accounts appears to be doing quite well. The kid looked out and mindful and sobbing with Mama. Just possible injury was a possible damaged arm,” Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Providers Assistant Chief Daniel Ogren informed MoCo Program.

The young boy’s body, together with the bushes, assisted him endure.

” His age and size and weight [are] actually what assisted, due to the fact that if he had actually been any much heavier, he might not have actually endured. I believe it was a mix of those bushes existing, those shrubs, and his size and weight,” Ms. Goff stated.

Others residing in the complicated marvel how the young boy handled to get up and over the veranda.

” It’s dreadful, and the veranda is most likely a minimum of 2 feet high. So if it’s a kid that young, how did he fall off? It’s incredible to hear. When I admire the 15th flooring, this is a structure with 20 floorings, so 15 is extremely, extremely high. So, thank God, it’s a wonder that the kid endured,” Enclave Occupant Association Vice President Pascal Lemaire informed Washington’s WTTG-TV.

The examination into the event is continuous, and no criminal charges have actually been submitted over the young boy’s fall.