Only in China: Chinese woman catches toddler who fell out of 10th floor window

ralphrepo · Jul 8, 2011

Akki said: ↑

window guards..... too prison like for my taste.
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Yeah, but once you have kids, if you live in a high rise, you'll learn to demand them from your landlord like everyone else. You be surprised at how much your "taste" can immediately change to suit or accommodate the situation. Window guard programs have been proven to save children's lives. In New York City, after two years of program mandate, there was a 35% reduction in fall related fatalities (Source: Link).

Oh, and BTW, it was recently reported on ChinaSmack that the woman who broke her arm while courageously attempting to catch the falling child was awarded 200,000 Yuans by her bosses from the Alibaba export company.

Akki · Jul 8, 2011

how much is that in USD? but what the company did was a good move.... gives them a lot of face.

ralphrepo · Jul 8, 2011

Akki said: ↑

how much is that in USD? but what the company did was a good move.... gives them a lot of face.
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I think it's roughly 31K at today's exchange rates. When it comes to advertising, it is indeed a drop in the bucket. Alibaba also promised to keep her job secure while she is expected to recuperate over the course of six months. I think the boss of that company is being very smart. Imagine if it would have been the flip side, the company had fired her for taking excessive sick time off; Alibaba would have been publicly raked over the coals. Instead, the boss shrewdly came off smelling like roses for minimal expense.

Kudos to a Chinese boss with generosity AND marketing savvy.

reno · Jul 8, 2011

assume 1:5/6 exchange ratio?
still a huge chunk of cash!

Akki · Jul 8, 2011

wow.... a little selflessness goes a long way.... it was truly selfless as she was not expecting anything in return.

intraland · Jul 8, 2011

wonder if it's the sum to cover hospital fees. never know.

reno · Jul 8, 2011

probably when it dies down, the company will then sack her
LOL

then again, whats "reported" may not actually be whats happening

Akki · Jul 8, 2011

nah it will happen cause she is in every position to say they lied and ruin the reputation of said company

reno · Jul 8, 2011

remember the country where this is... reputation? =P
LOL

ralphrepo · Jul 8, 2011

reno said: ↑

probably when it dies down, the company will then sack her LOL then again, whats "reported" may not actually be whats happening
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Well, for a company that is arguably said to be the Amazon.com of China (with some analysts pegging it at a net worth greater than Google), it can literally pay her this amount, once a month for the rest of her life and STILL consider it to be CHUMP CHANGE. So, with that in mind, does anyone really think that it would risk negative publicity by surreptitiously sacking her once the hoopla dies down? LOL... She would have a better chance hitting the lottery before that would ever happen.

ralphrepo · Jul 13, 2011

The latest update, more good news:

[video=youtube;ZrLuk6Smg_4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrLuk6Smg_4[/video]

...and as for Grandma? handoff1

Akki · Jul 13, 2011

nice... but i want to hear more on the savior.

Jeff · Jul 13, 2011

Supervision MIGHt be tighter? Wtf? It SHOULD be tighter.

Akki · Jul 13, 2011

lol.... not making any promises....

ralphrepo · Jul 15, 2011

And more related news:

Magazine
14 July 2011 Last updated at 22:21 ET

Who, what, why: What's the best way to catch a falling child?

A toddler who fell 10 storeys and survived after being caught by a passer-by has been making headlines around the world. But what is the best way to catch a falling child? Zhang Fangyu, better known by her nickname Niu Niu, has become a very famous two-year-old, particularly in her native China. The toddler has woken from a 10-day coma after falling from the window of her family's apartment in eastern Zhejiang province earlier this month. Her fall was broken by a 31-year-old woman, Wu Juping, who was knocked out by the impact and fractured her arm.

Physicists say the key to minimising injury to both child and catcher is to try and spread the energy of the impact over as much time as possible, perhaps by falling away while making the catch. Events such as this are rare in real life, though newspapers will usually feature one or two stories a year. In April, a mother from Nottinghamshire saved the life of a 16-month-old who fell 40ft (12m) from a hotel balcony in Florida. Helen Beard, 44, was beside the pool when she saw the toddler was about to fall. She ran and managed to catch her in her arms, before both fell to the ground. In 2010, an 18-month-old boy survived a fall from a sixth-floor Paris apartment by bouncing off an awning and into a passing doctor's arms. Also last year, a four-year-old boy in Turkey was caught by a shopkeeper after climbing up the side of an escalator. It is well documented that in such circumstances, a child often has better survival prospects than an adult would. This may be because children are more flexible, their bones less brittle. A smaller body mass may also mean that it is possible for a person to break their fall. But is there anything a person can do to help them catch a falling child?

Purely hypothetically, physicist Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright has considered the main factors involved and applied the laws of physics to the situation. Dr Jardine-Wright, of Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, says the heavier the object falling, the greater the force felt by the object and the catcher. "A 10kg bowling ball falling at the speed of the baby would force the whole person backwards at about 7mph whereas an apple would produce a barely noticeable recoil of less than 0.1mph." The force will also be bigger if the fall is from 10 storeys rather than three as the speed will be higher by the time the catch is made. "Whatever is receiving the collision, whether it is a brick wall or a mattress or a car or someone catching a baby, if the energy of the collision can be transferred over time rather than instantaneously, then the impact is reduced." She says you could compare the falling child scenario with football goalkeepers and cricket fielders, who rather than remain rigid and upright, often fall as they catch the ball. "If you fell as you caught the baby that might help as you are reducing the impact of the catch. You want to be able to fall safely, so grass and soil will give a little bit more than say concrete. "The arms are going to take some of the force, so it would help if they were relaxed and loose."

Using the analogy of stunt men in action films falling through canopies before falling to the ground, she added: "If you can slow the object down however you do it, then that will help. "If you were able to put something above the ground, some kind of material that would stretch rather than break, some of the energy will be absorbed in the material and the baby would be brought to a standstill gently." From the laboratory to reality, a passer-by confronted with a falling child would have little time to weigh up the situation. Andy Kettle, operational director at the Fire Service College, says there is nothing anyone can do in such "freak" accidents. He says it is not part of their training as there would never be enough time to get to the scene with a trampoline or mattress. "There are no techniques or equipment that we could put in place," he says. "It happens so quickly and it is such an unexpected event, the person falling would have little or no control over their own body and for the people on the ground, if it's a small child, it is a hit or miss attempt to soften the fall. "It only takes seconds for people to fall fairly big distances. There will be very little time to think about taking any practical steps."

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14150524
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In other words, that was one damned brave woman, and one damned lucky kid.

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