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Could you catch a baby falling from a high-rise building?

Panel 1: At the top of the panel is the question, “Could you catch a baby falling from a high-rise building?” Below and to the right a woman in a dress holding a purse in one hand is walking on a sidewalk from the right side of the panel to the left. The text continues, “It is possible. People have caught falling babies multiple times.” Panel 2: At the left of the panel there is a drawing of a multi-story building. Arrows indicate the path of a falling child who hits an awning and bounces toward a bush. This text appears to the right, “There are also quite a few cases of babies or toddlers who have fallen out of windows and yet survived due to a fortunate landing spot like a bush or an awning.” Panel 3: At the left of this panel is the following text, “A two-year-old girl from the suburbs of Hangzhou, China survived a 10-story fall in 2011 when she was caught by a woman who had seen the child dangling from a window.” To the right we see a child hanging from the balcony of a multi-story building in an urban setting. Panel 4: At the left of the panel the woman from the first panel reaches her arms up to catch a falling child. To their left is the following text, “The child survived and was hospitalized in critical condition. Her rescuer, knocked down by the collision, broke her arm.” This cartoon is part of a series called Falling. It is written and drawn by Jim Hamilton who can be found on Instagram at Green Harbor Publications (all one word, greenharborpublications).

Published On: March 31, 2025

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