NYC Man Plunges 40 Stories, Hits Car, Survives

(AP)  A New York City man who plunged 40 stories from the rooftop of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car.

Witnesses and police say 22-year-old Thomas Magill jumped from the high-rise at West 63rd Street on Tuesday. He landed in the backseat area of a Dodge Charger after crashing through the windshield.

He suffered broken legs. Police say he's in critical condition.

The car's owner, Guy McCormack, of Old Bridge, N.J., told the Daily News he's convinced that rosary beads he kept inside the Dodge saved Magill's life.

Police are investigating why Magill jumped from the building.

Magill isn't the only New Yorker to survive a high-rise fall. Window washer Alcides Moreno fell 47 stories from the roof of a skyscraper in December 2007, and doctors expected him to walk again.

[lissa4]

This man is in pain mentally, and all anyone here can do is ridicule him? Thankfully he is the only one who got hurt, cowardly? Yes, but he is a human being and there is a reason he lived and there is a reason nobody else was hurt, so go on and be petty, hope your thoughts don't turn suicidal!

[lissa4]

This man is in pain mentally, and all anyone here can do is ridicule him? Thankfully he is the only one who got hurt, cowardly? Yes, but he is a human being and there is a reason he lived and there is a reason nobody else was hurt, so go on and be petty, hope your thoughts don't turn suicidal!

[Scimajor]

"convinced that rosary beads he kept inside the Dodge saved Magill's life. "

So your god would have let Magill die had the beads not been in the car? Sounds more like a devil than a god to me if the deciding factor over life and death comes down to some beads.

[Turbidite]

That's how hard it is to catch a cab in NYC.

[fwsfwfwfwgwr]

i want what he was having...i wonder if the coppers...and MADD,will try and bust him for DUI?

[spaceatoms]

I once fell 92 stories and got up to be the President of the Artic Ocean!

[fantomas4]

Dodge should use this situation as a way to market their Chargers. "Look, they can even withstand the impact of a suicidal idiot from 40 stories!"

[ToolMangler1]

I always thought suicide depended on the 'gravity of the situation', it would seem that sometimes even 'that' isn't enough....

[earth5646]

Even after a man crashes into your Dodge Charger the car keeps on ticking !

Buy one or lease one now !

[PapaGracio]

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