Crowd catches residents jumping from burning building - GIF

[Altair]

Crowd catches residents jumping from burning building.




Previously:

Construction worker rescued from a burning building - GIF
Crane operator saves 14 people in apartment fire - video
Highrise buildings on fire - GIFs
Crowd catches children jumping from burning apartment - GIF
Firefighter bravely puts out fire to save trapped couple - GIF

[Karl_H]

The first one didn't jump - he was dropped!

[Duke_of_URL]

Anyone know how many stories this mattress technique is good for?

[Bony]

Looks like the jumpers still had a really hard landing and would likely have broken bones and internal injuries

[Karl_H]

Looks like the jumpers still had a really hard landing and would likely have broken bones and internal injuries

The LD50 (lethal dose or lethal distance for 50% of the subjects involved) is 48 feet for a fall to ground - that is about 4 or 5 stories. I am sure there were lots of injuries.