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“Man Awake, Talking After 47-Story Fall Alcides Moreno, 37, plummeted almost 500 feet in a Dec. 7 scaffolding collapse that killed his brother.

"The death rate from even a three-story fall is about 50 percent, Barie said. People who fall more than 10 stories almost never survive.

"Forty-seven floors is virtually beyond belief," Pardes said."”

“he probably fell on his brother, sadly enough...”

“Missed a spot, too.”

“If my math and memory is correct that guy had time to realize he had reached terminal velocity. Assuming he was still conscious of course. Must be a staggering concept.”

“here is another lucky dude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=0yfXymnOXl8”