Argentina woman survives 23-storey hotel fall
The aftermath of the fall was captured by a passer-by with a mobile phone
A woman has survived after falling from the 23rd floor of a hotel in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.
Her fall was broken by a taxi, whose driver got out moments before the impact crushed the roof and shattered the windscreen.
Eyewitness said the woman had climbed over a safety barrier and leapt from a restaurant at the top of the Hotel Crowne Plaza Panamericano.
She was taken to intensive care for treatment for multiple injuries.
The woman, who has not been named, is reported to be an Argentine in her 30s.
The taxi driver, named by local media as Miguel, said he got out of his vehicle just before the impact after noticing a policeman looking up.
"I got out of the car a second before. If I had not got out, I would have been killed," he told Radio 10.
"I was only 10 metres from the impact. It made a terrible noise," he added...
The Hotel Crowne Plaza Panamericano overlooks the Obelisk, one of the best known landmarks in Buenos Aires...
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Talk about finding a taxi at the exact moment you need one most.
An Argentine woman has reportedly survived a fall from the 23rd story of a hotel in Buenos Aires by landing atop a taxicab.
The woman plummeted an estimated 330 feet after hurling herself from the Hotel Crown Plaza Panamericano before she struck a cab on the street below, crushing the car's roof and shattering its windshield,
Moments before the woman landed on the taxi, the cab driver, who gave his name as Miguel, stepped out of the car. He says he only got out of the driver's seat when he saw a policeman looking upward at the hotel.
"If I hadn't got out, I'd be dead," he told the press.
"I felt this explosion and I saw this woman's body sunken into the roof of my cab."
Some witnesses say the woman ordered coffee at a restaurant located near the top of the hotel, removed her shoes, climbed over a safety barricade and leaped.
In September, a New York City resident suffered a broken leg, collapsed lung and shattered ankle when he landed on a sports car after a 40-story leap from the roof of the West End Towers.
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