Crowd catches children jumping from burning apartment - GIF

Crowd catches children jumping from burning apartment.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...916#post194638
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...253#post188405
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...323#post192399
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...668#post190027
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...403#post161954

not jumping from, being dropped from the window into the arms of those below.

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Originally Posted by Frank S

not jumping from, being dropped from the window into the arms of those below.

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The second person did jump. Sat in the window and took the leap.

Not something I would want to do. But better than burning I think.

The alternative is to be burnt alive or die from smoke inhalation. Not much of a choice, but given the situation, I would jump.

:sweating:WOW, that was a big drop. Could not accurately calculate the drop time from the video. But they were falling for at just over 1 second. That would put their speed more than 34 ft/sec. or 23.1818 mph. Given the apparent size of the kids, that would have been quite a substantial amount of momentum. Kudos to those people for catching or at least slowing their decent so they could survive the fall!!!:bow: