How to survive falling 47 floors #
January 7th, 2008 | In Worth Knowing
Slate’s Explainer gives you advice you desperately wanted but never knew to ask for:
Don’t hit your head. People who fall just a few stories and land on their heads almost always die: According to a study published in the journal Injury, you’re just as likely to survive a five-story fall landing feet first as you are a one-story fall headfirst. Although no one knows exactly how Moreno landed, it’s clear he spared his skull.