Toddler Died Falling from the 29th Floor, Had Heard Sounds of People Fighting All

HARLEM, KOMPAS.com – A three-year-old toddler died after falling from the 29th floor of an apartment in Harlem, New York, United States of AmericaSaturday (2/7/2022).

According to the NYPD (New York Police Department), the toddler fell into a scaffolding on the fifth floor of the Taino Towers residential complex at around 11.10 am local time.

Neighbors heard sounds like “bum” and “dug” as the toddler fell.

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“Sounds like something really heavy. It sounds like construction,” said neighbor Tangerine Castro, 33, who lives on the 23rd floor New York Post on Saturday (2/7/2022).

“We immediately found out and everyone came out of the building,” he continued. “Everyone above who could look down saw the boy in the yellow shirt. She lay on scaffolding.”

The child’s mother, who was outside, screamed, witnesses said.

“He was screaming, ‘My baby, my baby, he’s up there’,” said another neighbor, Alexander Townsend, 25.

Meanwhile, the toddler’s father ran downstairs crying and trying to climb up scaffolding to take his son but could not, added Townsend.

The poor toddler was rushed to Harlem Hospital but his life could not be saved. He was pronounced dead at 11.31 a.m., the NYPD said.

Initial reports were that the child’s fall was accidental, police said.

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