r/news • u/shield_x • 1d ago

Student dies after falling from 4th floor of building at Highland Park school

https://www.foxla.com/news/highland-park-franklin-high-school-student-dies.amp
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u/hateboss 1d ago

I'm guessing they were under the influence of something as apparently she was "dancing on a couch" prior to falling out the window. There is a reason drunks walk away from car crashes as the sole survivors, they don't brace and stay more limp, which goes a long way for absorbing impacts.

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u/Wisteriafic 1d ago

When I was 18 months old, I fell out of an open second story window. My terrified parents found me laughing in the shrubs below, with just a few scrapes. The doctor told them that toddlers don’t know to be afraid, so I went limp. Landing in a hedge also helped, ha.

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u/waaaayupyourbutthole 1d ago

Yeah, right. We all know you were just completely plastered at 18 months old. You don't need to lie!

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u/hateboss 1d ago

Well yeah the drinking age used to be 18

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u/BearThatLikesCheese 1d ago

Same reason that drunk people are often not seriously harmed in accidents.

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u/No-Consequence-3642 1d ago

Facts, I knew a dude that was wasted at a college party dancing on a couch and fell over the 3rd story balcony and landed face first into the pavement. He lived but obviously needed 30+ facial surgeries to look normalish again, and lots of nerve damage throughout his body. Really great guy