Boy falls from 9th floor

QX179R SG

Boy falls from 9th floor, suffers just fractured ankle

SINGAPORE: Saved by the bushes - that's probably what happened to a three-year-old Korean boy who survived after falling nine floors from his apartment in Singapore on Monday.

Goldenhill Park along Mei Hwan Drive is five years old and has all the facilities expected of a modern condominium. But one simple device was missing from the apartment rented by the family of Park Sihu.

Window grilles were not installed in all the rooms and this resulted in Sihu falling down nine storeys. According to Sihu's mother - who declined to be interviewed on TV - the boy was playing in the study room where he is not allowed inside because the window does not have grilles.

When the maid found him missing in the apartment, she went downstairs and found the boy crying amongst the bushes. The maid carried him back to his home where paramedics treated him for abrasions and cuts.

He was then taken to the KK Women's and Children's hospital in a conscious state. Apart from a fractured left ankle, doctors found no concussion.

Sihu has two sisters aged 10 and 12 years.

The family has lived in the apartment for one and a half years. Sihu's mother told Channel NewsAsia that she will ask the landlord to install window grilles in the apartment.

- CNA/ir

Pitot SG

wtf??

Ajen SG

miracle.

limpper SG

yup, just know abt this from news on channel 8

I-like-flings(m) SG

quick go buy TOTO

[email protected]_F3V3R SG

truly miracle~!

rlsh07 SG

hmm.. at least he is okay though

nightzip SG

Some things you dont know till 1-2 years down the road, may have already damaged his brain/intellect already, or injured his organs subtly. Some wont surface till later.

I think KK hospital should keep him warded and observe him for some time like 3-4 days, just in case, something happen for the worst.

Also, wtf the condominium dont have grills???

Ajen SG

Some things you dont know till 1-2 years down the road, may have already damaged his brain/intellect already, or injured his organs subtly. Some wont surface till later.

I think KK hospital should keep him warded and observe him for some time like 3-4 days, just in case, something happen for the worst.

Also, wtf the condominium dont have grills???

maybe its a budget condo?

Day Dreamer SG

Guess the tree saved this little boy.

caleb_chiang SG

Would not be so lucky the next time.

Cool-gal SG

wahhh, lucky sia..

his time is not up yet..

lianamaster SG

Amazing.

Lthams SG

That is the reason why windows should always be secured with grills, especially when one has young children.