Originally Posted By: Bingley
Originally Posted By: IzzyJG99
After 30' you're a goner.

Is this a fact? A 30' fall usually kills? That's around 3 stories, I guess. It seems that people have survived that jumping out the window in fires.

there are a lot of variables - age, elevation, striking things on the way down, etc.

go here to learn about how a window washer survived a 47 story fall: story

and here for a medical study from 1971 that breaks down 200 surgical cases of people who fell: surgical study

bottom line - (1) do not hit your head ( no, duh ), and (2) try to not injure your pelvis - it's a leading indicator for increased mortality rates.
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