Back on his feet: The window cleaner who fell 47 storeys from New York skyscraper!!

mc_squared · 11-06-2008, 09:34 AM

Back on his feet: The walking miracle window cleaner who fell 47 storeys from New York skyscraper

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 11:47 AM on 10th June 2008

A window cleaner who survived plummeting 47 storeys is back on his feet only six months later.
Alcides Moreno has astounded family, friends and doctors with his extraordinary recovery from the horror fall that killed his brother.
Doctors described his survival as miraculous. Now the only signs of his terrible ordeal are a limp and a long scar on his left leg.

Recovering: Alcides Moreno plummeted 47 storeys
Moreno, 37, and brother Edgar, 30, were cleaning windows at the top of a New York apartment building when cables connecting their cleaning platform to the roof failed.

High point: The New York skyscraper Mr Moreno fell from

The brothers fell 500ft inside their cleaning scaffold with Alcides suffering injuries to his brain, chest and abdomen, as well as fractured ribs, a broken arm and broken legs.
Doctors managed to save his life but he underwent 16 operations during six-weeks in hospital, and received 24 pints of blood.

Mr Moreno, of Linden, New Jersey, stunned doctors when he spoke his first words on Christmas Day, after coming out of a medically induced coma.
'I did what?' the dad-of-three asked nurses as he regained consciousness for the first time.
Now the Ecuadorian-born worker has returned to his home after months of physiotherapy, which he must undergo three times a week.
Dr Philip S Barie, chief of critical care at the New York hospital that treated Mr Moreno, said: 'Above ten storeys, most of the time we never see the patients because they usually go to the morgue.

'This is right up there with those anecdotes of people falling out of airplanes and surviving.'

elena20 · 11-06-2008, 09:44 AM

damn thats crazy

Chavi · 11-06-2008, 02:02 PM

Miracles do happen !

11-06-2008, 09:34 AM	#1
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Back on his feet: The window cleaner who fell 47 storeys from New York skyscraper!! Back on his feet: The walking miracle window cleaner who fell 47 storeys from New York skyscraper By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 11:47 AM on 10th June 2008 Comments (0) Add to My Stories A window cleaner who survived plummeting 47 storeys is back on his feet only six months later. Alcides Moreno has astounded family, friends and doctors with his extraordinary recovery from the horror fall that killed his brother. Doctors described his survival as miraculous. Now the only signs of his terrible ordeal are a limp and a long scar on his left leg. Recovering: Alcides Moreno plummeted 47 storeys Moreno, 37, and brother Edgar, 30, were cleaning windows at the top of a New York apartment building when cables connecting their cleaning platform to the roof failed. High point: The New York skyscraper Mr Moreno fell from The brothers fell 500ft inside their cleaning scaffold with Alcides suffering injuries to his brain, chest and abdomen, as well as fractured ribs, a broken arm and broken legs. Doctors managed to save his life but he underwent 16 operations during six-weeks in hospital, and received 24 pints of blood. Mr Moreno, of Linden, New Jersey, stunned doctors when he spoke his first words on Christmas Day, after coming out of a medically induced coma. 'I did what?' the dad-of-three asked nurses as he regained consciousness for the first time. Now the Ecuadorian-born worker has returned to his home after months of physiotherapy, which he must undergo three times a week. Dr Philip S Barie, chief of critical care at the New York hospital that treated Mr Moreno, said: 'Above ten storeys, most of the time we never see the patients because they usually go to the morgue. 'This is right up there with those anecdotes of people falling out of airplanes and surviving.' __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

11-06-2008, 09:44 AM	#2
elena20 whats your POLITIK!! Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,070 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	damn thats crazy __________________ Stuck on the end Of this ball and chain And I'm on my way back down again Stood on the edge Tied to the noose Sick to the stomach You can say what you mean But it won't change a thing I'm sick of the secrets Stood on the edge Tied to the noose But you came along and you cut me loose

11-06-2008, 02:02 PM	#3
Chavi Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12,766 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Miracles do happen ! __________________ Strasbourg Lyon Paris x2 Rotterdam Antwerp London x2 Arras Werchter Paris Nijmegen x2 London (+Christmas lights)