Miracle saves tot in Bronx
Published: August 15, 2007
A 3-year-old Bronx boy somehow survived a fall from a third-floor window yesterday when tall weeds in an unkempt backyard cushioned his fall, police and witnesses said.
Jaden Simpson was playing in a rear bedroom with his 5-year-old brother when he fell through a screened-in window about 3:25 p.m., police sources said.
The tot was conscious and alert as medical workers sped him from his Barker Ave. home in Bronxdale to Jacobi Medical Center, police said.
Jaden suffered head injuries and was listed in critical but stable condition last night, authorities said.
“He’s fine. He’s fine,” said one relative, who declined to give his name and was joined by others outside the hospital’s emergency room.
His 20-year-old brother was minding the children at the time of the fall, police said. No criminality was suspected.
The boy’s mother was at work, neighbors said.
“He was bleeding from his face,” said Brandy Horton, 22, who witnessed the aftermath from her first-floor apartment. “The [baby-sitter] was holding him, consoling him. [Jaden] was moaning, not really talking.”
There were no window guards affixed to the building, a private home carved into apartments, cops said. The guards might have prevented the child from falling.
Landlords are required to offer the guards to their tenants, officials said.
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