WTF?

[Guest]

Couple survives 9-floor fall from condo

 

BANGKOK: -- A couple miraculously survived a fall from the balcony of their ninth-floor condominium early yesterday.

 

Akradej Thiradejchananant, 41, and his wife Busaba, 25, were found on the caved-in roof of a Honda sedan parked in front of a building in the Nirun Condo project in Bangkok's Prawet district at around 3am.

 

Busaba, who was being treated at Piyamin Hospital in Samut Prakan, said she had been knocked unconscious in the fall. She sustained bruises and was fitted with a cast around her torso.

 

Akradej, who was being treated in another room at the same hospital, sustained more serious injuries including fractured bones, said Dr Kanit Kophraepong. Busaba was found lying on top of her husband, he said.

 

Busaba denied having an argument with her husband before the incident.

 

However, Maliwan Wilai, 26, a neighbour, said the couple had had a heated argument before the fall. Maliwan said the pair often fought as Akradej was a "jealous" husband.

 

The branches of trees growing near the building appeared to have broken the couple's fall and saved their lives. Witnesses said the pair hit the branches before dropping onto the car's roof.

 

Torn-off branches were found on the roof of the car.

 

The couple's condo occupies the ninth and top floors of the building.

 

--The Nation 2004-05-28