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Boy Falls To Death From Brooklyn Building

2009_04_albh2.jpg Last night around 7:15 p.m., a boy died after falling from a housing development in Crown Heights. His body was found in a lot near the Albany Houses on Bergen Street. The boy was between the ages of 9 and 12, and neighbors were stunned; one told the Daily News, "I can't get over this. It is unbelievable." The police are investigating what happened: While there was an open window on the 5th floor, the NY Post reports, "It wasn't immediately known where he fell from, but cops believe it's more likely the roof of the 13-story building rather than one of the apartments." If he did fall from the roof, police will also try to determine if the boy jumped, fell or was pushed. Update: It appears the 9-year-old jumped from the roof using a "makeshift parachute" of a plastic bag and strings.

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By Jen Chung in on April 15, 2009 8:15 AM

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  • WorksInDUMBO

    Terrible, terrible tragedy.

  • Jen S

    I remember doing this as a kid. Poor little guy.

  • aveB4life

    did the emergency parachute fail to open too?

  • Snakefist Von Thunderplug

    I think the bag & strings were his emergency chute. He released that when the persian rug didn't glide as well as imagined. I heard investigators also found one of these babies in each of his hands: http://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Tornado-Battery-Fan-Blu-Wht/dp/B001448OMC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1239806936&sr=8-2

  • Global Wombat

    Probably, which is why I prefer boxers over briefs.

  • Snakefist Von Thunderplug

    Beyond the door

    There's peace I'm sure.

    And I know there'll be no more...

    Tears in heaven.

  • Guest

    I tried that when I was 6 or 7 with an umbrella. It was right after I saw Mary Poppins. I'm glad I did it from the top of a porch and not the top of a 13 story building. If I had died, they might have banned the best movie that has Dick Van Dyke dancing with penguins.

  • Tar_Baby

    Tragic. His parents failed him.

  • Global Wombat

    We've all had this idea when we were young - but this kid was the only dim enough to test run it from 13 stories above. Sad, but dumb all the same.

  • Rocknrope

    Agreed. I tried it myself, but from a height of six feet, not 130. I kinda figured out that if it didn't work, I'd be a world of hurt.

  • Geoelh

    Tragic. A boy with too much imagination for this mundane world.

  • Snoopy

    Tragic event.

    Where did he get the idea that a simple plastic bag would work as a parachute?

  • fugothamist

    his parents must be devastated

  • pete

    Darwin at work, no need for eugenics.

  • Politburo

    This is not a demonstration of any theory of Charles Darwin.

  • Chelly

    Wasn't it also reported that boy made some type of parachute with a plastic bag and some string?

  • Just added an update. So sad.

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