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Girl Survives Fall From 7th-Story Window

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(Aug. 20) - An 8-year-old girl -- appropriately named Destiny -- fell from a seventh-story window but survived, the New York Daily News reported.
Destiny Antonio fell around 1:30 a.m. Thursday from the window of her bedroom in the Castle Hill Houses in the Bronx, the paper said. She landed on a 10-foot patch of grass in front of the building, narrowly missing the paved roadway.
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Destiny Antonio, 8, fell early Thursday from her bedroom window, top right, on the seventh floor of this New York City apartment building. Miraculously, Destiny fell on the grass instead of hitting the pavement. She broke several bones but survived.
Michael Schwartz, NY Daily News
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Destiny suffered a broken hip, shattered pelvis, broken leg and trauma to her intestines and liver, the paper said. She was taken to the Jacobi Medical Center for surgery.
"When somebody after that stays alive, it's a gift from God," neighbor Juanita Candelare, 64, told the News.
It wasn't clear how Destiny tumbled from the window, which has a window safety guard.
Luis Guzman said he was hanging around with friends outside the building when Destiny fell.
"It sounded like you threw something very heavy," he said. "When we looked it was a little girl right there."
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lalakersguy34

01:03 AMAug 21 2009

Type your own comment here J9Neil01:00 AMAug 21 2009lalakersguy34 - It's past your bedtime, Junior... ... ...---------i live in california it's only 10 o'clock btw i see you have no response to my question so you attack my age - real mature ps would you please answer the question

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DanaJ1206

01:01 AMAug 21 2009

Sleep walking could be why she awoke and slipped through the bars that were perhaps not attached securely.. I would prefer to think of this happening rather than someone tossing her out of it! My oldest son was a sleepwalker at that age. one night I found him in my closet walking into the wall... had no clue at all where he was and he stayed asleep with his eyes open until I guided him back to his room and his bed.. weird.. but true.. so anything is possible! I used to put a GATE at the top of my stairs because I was afraid he would do it again and fall down the stairs...

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J9Neil

01:00 AMAug 21 2009

lalakersguy34 - It's past your bedtime, Junior... ... ...

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Blanch1229

12:59 AMAug 21 2009

I don't know how the name Destiny relates to this story unless she was destined to fall out of a window. As for this always happening in the ghetto, maybe the bonehead who said that forgot about Eric Claptons son who also fell,but died & I am SURE not out a some window in a ghetto. There are incidents that happen to kids everywhere because screens are loose or whatever the case is. Kids have accidents, we ALL do. She's lucky to have survived, regardless of her address, or race. Sheesh.

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Fhal

12:59 AMAug 21 2009

i hope this child will be all right, and grows up to be whatever she wants to be.

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HuggyBear1023

12:52 AMAug 21 2009

ok no more comments from me, sorry there where bars on the window noone knows how destiny got through these bars, not only do my prayers go out to destiny but also to her mom and the rest of her family, God bless u destiny

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Lilhickboy1980

12:51 AMAug 21 2009

i'm not saying anything bad about the family but i do think they need to look into how the safety device was diabled to allow this to happen....for those who wonder what a child was doing up at that hour i offer a few suggestions. ! maybe she had to go to the bathroom and heard something outside and got curious( how she fell is a mystery that may never be explained) 2. that neighborhood can be loud at that time of night sometimes with the youth and young adults getting together and talking, laughing and playing music..not to mention the police sirens of a big city.

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lalakersguy34

12:49 AMAug 21 2009

why does everyone jump to conclusions despite knowing almost nothing about this? is it possible that her parents are irresponsible? yes, definitely - is it also possible that they don't stay up all night making sure their kids don't jump out windows? yes - maybe she woke up in the middle of the night and walked around, i don't know, but i'm not going to make any assumptions about her parents

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12:46 AMAug 21 2009

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HuggyBear1023

12:46 AMAug 21 2009

Yes I'm not racist and i hope all u racist ppl think before u speak cause the world revolves all around us we bleed the same, we fight in the same wars together, we should all be united as one, listen I'm white and have no problem with any race, my niece so happens to be part black and white, and for anyone to say something about destiny and her mom ur so wrong

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An 8-year-old girl -- appropriately named Destiny -- fell from a seventh-story window but survived, the New York Daily News reported.