Man Falls 17 Stories~~~Breaks Ankle

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:07 pm

We can all do this.

MINNEAPOLIS Police say a Wisconsin man is lucky to only have a broken leg after falling nearly 17 stories from a Minneapolis hotel.

Police say 29-year-old Joshua Hanson crashed through a window at the Hyatt Regency and landed on a roof overhang near the hotel's main entrance.

Police say he and two friends were drinking before they returned to the hotel -- and they might have been horsing around as an elevator took them to the 17th floor.

For some reason, Hanson ran toward a floor-to-ceiling window. Police say he apparently lost his balance and crashed through.

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:09 pm

Heard about that this morning.

Crazy.

What kind of overhang did he land on?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:11 pm

A concrete awning type thingy/ a rain and snow dealy where the uhh bellhops hang out.

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:24 pm

Well, that it explains it. :rolleyes:

The concrete broke his fall.

He must have had a lot to drink that night. Fleeeeeexible.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:29 pm

koan;526098 wrote: Well, that it explains it. :rolleyes:

The concrete broke his fall.

He must have had a lot to drink that night. Fleeeeeexible.

He landed on his feet. 17 stories !

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:42 pm

He's down to eight lives now.

I knew someone who crashed through a window like that with no fall and almost died from the glass cutting his wrist.

The guy's down to seven lives left.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:04 pm

He had to be totally wasted to only break an ankle even if a ledge stopped his fall. You hit like a ton of brick so the drunker you are the better..