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Ft. Lauderdale Fire-Rescue Assist Elderly Woman Who Falls 9 Stories and Survives
Updated: 05-12-2005 11:20:51 AM
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HANNAH SAMPSON
Miami Herald via Associated Press
A 69-year-old woman fell nine stories from her Fort Lauderdale balcony Wednesday morning, surviving with only this complaint: ''My shoulder hurts.''
The key to Gloria Jummati's survival: a green canopy supported by a metal frame that broke her fall -- and maybe one other thing.
''Angels had floated her down,'' said Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue Lt. Shari Marshall. ''That was pretty much all we could come up with.''
Jummati was leaning over the 42-inch-high balcony of her Coral Ridge Towers South co-op shortly before 8 a.m., got dizzy and fell 90 feet, she told rescuers.
She said she had been up all night packing to return to the Chicago area with Merle, her husband of 40 years. They also have a home in the Chicago suburbs.
Jummati was taken to Broward General Medical Center with injuries to her right arm and shoulder. Police said her injuries were not life-threatening.
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Updated: 05-12-2005 11:20:51 AM
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HANNAH SAMPSON
Miami Herald via Associated Press
A 69-year-old woman fell nine stories from her Fort Lauderdale balcony Wednesday morning, surviving with only this complaint: ''My shoulder hurts.''
The key to Gloria Jummati's survival: a green canopy supported by a metal frame that broke her fall -- and maybe one other thing.
''Angels had floated her down,'' said Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue Lt. Shari Marshall. ''That was pretty much all we could come up with.''
Jummati was leaning over the 42-inch-high balcony of her Coral Ridge Towers South co-op shortly before 8 a.m., got dizzy and fell 90 feet, she told rescuers.
She said she had been up all night packing to return to the Chicago area with Merle, her husband of 40 years. They also have a home in the Chicago suburbs.
Jummati was taken to Broward General Medical Center with injuries to her right arm and shoulder. Police said her injuries were not life-threatening.
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