Always look down...but now look up! and quick!

In a previous article, I wrote about the importance of looking down due to the "soretes" or doggy doo, aka as "crap", a word related to that writing but as always in the "land of 1000 surprises" here's yet another one!

Today is just a short ,YES SHORT, retelling of a tragic story which took place yesterday late morning.

From the 23rd floor terrace of a top hotel located in the very center of Buenos Aires, a young woman in her early 30s went flying through the air and MIRACULOUSLY survived the fall. Yes, a true miracle!
It is still not sure the reasons for her fall: an angry push, lost her footing(very unlikely) or a suicide attempt. After seeing the imagages of the woman having landed on top a of taxi with her torso having gone through the windschield and her legs and head on the hood and roof of the taxi, respectively, one can't help but be in awe that she could have any possible life left in her.

Another miracle is that the taxi driver wasn't invloved physically in the event. He tells the story obviously almost in a state of shock how he got away without a scratch.
He was waiting for his passneger to return to his cab from the hotel when he saw a cop and a few others look in horror up into the sky. He got out of the car and 1 second later.... there she was! In the driver's seat!
It took 4 seconds for her to descend those 23 floors with an impact that crushed the car and parts of her, but as I said, she surivived the fall and after 2 emergency operations, she is still alive today with a fairly positive prognosis.
How many times, I thought,  have I brought tourists to the Panamerican Hotel, the place of the occurence, only 2 minutes from the huge obelisk in the 9 de julio broad avenue, a symbol of the city smack in the center  of Buenos Aires. Imagine their shock and mine, the guide's, arriving at a 5 star property as someone opted for not taking the elevator!

But now  more of the sad reality. The woman is in the hospital but the poor taxi driver is not only without a car to drive and make his living but also must pay for all of the damages suffered by the taxi due to the woman's fall since here in Argentina car insurance doesn't cover such incidentes. There is talk about changing this in the future especially since in the past years the amounts of massive size balls of hail have damaged thousands of cars' windhsields, roofs and hoods on an ever -increasing scale but for the unfortunate owner of the mentioned car, this doesn't help him much for now.

So my friends, always look up, look down, look to your right and to your left and turn around also just to be 100% sure and try not to get  too dizzy; let daily life do that to you!

SES