Miracle tot fell 3 floors

Published: May 18, 2006 | 4190th good news item since 2003

TOT Kyra Readhead plummeted THREE floors from a window as she watched birds — and survived with barely a scratch.

The 17-month-old bounced off soft grass 25ft below, then rolled on to a tarmac path.

Kyra was at babysitter Samantha Mullanby’s flat. Horrified Sam, 23, rushed downstairs after her dad Stephen, 50, saw the mite disappear over the ledge of a window she had mischievously opened.

Family friend Sam said yesterday: “My dad tried to grab her but was an inch away. I thought she was dead.”

Sam found Kyra dazed but unhurt apart from bruises and a scratched cheek.

The shocked tot burst into tears, sobbing: “I want Mummy.”

Sam, of Halifax, West Yorks, said: “I was screaming and crying my eyes out. I cuddled her as dad rang for an ambulance.”

Kyra was rushed to hospital where X-rays and scans revealed she had not even broken a bone. She was allowed home within an hour.

Mum Elizabeth, 19, of Bradford, said: “I don’t blame Sam. Apparently the window latch was broken.”

Kyra’s gran Christine, 45, said: “It is a miracle she is alive.”

Published in Kids & Teens and Miracles
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