Woman suevives 24 storey hotel fall

[SlugForAButt]

Your body relaxes and it's not that bad at dispersing the shock.

I once read something about cats falling from buildings having a better chance of survival the higher the floor they fell from. Apparently, it gives them time to get over the shock and relax their body a bit.
It might just be horsesheet, but seems like a similar theory.

 

[.Ox.]

That's his no claims gone, imagine trying to explain that to a job's worth insurance assesor .

I would make her stay there until they assess the situation!

 

[Raymond Lin]

Do you think her survival could also partially be due to the car body deforming to absorb the force of impact like crumple zone and hence the energy involved thereby the reactive opposite force/momentum is lower on her body?

I think if she hit the plain road that would have resulted in instant death.

The car definitely saved her.

Same as all the other people who fell from high up and survived. They always landed in - bush, trees, BIG grass field, and now car.

Hit plain old concrete floor = splat.

 

[Blue160]

Going to have to go some to beat 'Vesna Vulovic' a Serbian air hostess who fell over 33,000ft and survived in 1972 when her plane was blown up.

Now thats a fall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulović

 

[Curunen]

Blimey, lucky taxi driver!

 

[krisboats]

If it was me i wouldn't be shouting about how i would have died if i was in my metal box. A GIRL fell 23 STOREYS and hit the metal box and lived, yet he would have died... epic loss of man points there.

 

[cravin penut]

Have to agree that concrete would have destroyed this woman! Probably the best aim I have seen in a while!

 

[Pate]

Going to have to go some to beat 'Vesna Vulovic' a Serbian air hostess who fell over 33,000ft and survived in 1972 when her plane was blown up.

Now thats a fall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulović

That is now quite contested and looks like it might have been a lot lower.

 

[Dunks]

I once read something about cats falling from buildings having a better chance of survival the higher the floor they fell from. Apparently, it gives them time to get over the shock and relax their body a bit.
It might just be horsesheet, but seems like a similar theory.

Yup, gives them longer to rotate into the correct position and position their feet properly for impact

 

[DJMK4]

Quite A fall. Lucky for the guy

 

[Redgie]

Going to have to go some to beat 'Vesna Vulovic' a Serbian air hostess who fell over 33,000ft and survived in 1972 when her plane was blown up.

Now thats a fall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulović

Which was fake (exaggerated) wasn't it ?

 

[soundb0y]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Ann_Henley

 

[doofer]

To be fair, she jumped from the 86th Floor not the 23rd or 24th and of course the other difference is she died.

 

[Blue160]

Which was fake (exaggerated) wasn't it ?

But Wikipedia says it, so it must be true

 

[Tombo]

Wiki also mentions it's bee disputed.

 

[lucky13]

That picture looks freaky as if she is just chilling in the drivers seat
Im glad the man was out the car. Also lol at the source being called
radio10

 

[Cosimo]

Wiki also mentions it's bee disputed.

Here's an interesting take on her fall:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/13/flight-attendant-record-fall-hoax

 

[Raikiri]

Do you think her survival could also partially be due to the car body deforming to absorb the force of impact like crumple zone and hence the energy involved thereby the reactive opposite force/momentum is lower on her body?

Not partially no, entirely.

Probably wouldn't have survived had the door been closed either, as it would have added rigidity to the car.

 

[Fr0dders]

Final destination moment anyone?

It obviously wasn't her time ...

 

[Skillmister]

Unlucky her, she clearly wanted to die and some ignorant taxi driver parked under her landing zone