Man Survives 18-Floor Plunge

[Kadie]

Man Survives 18-Floor Plunge
Thu Apr 22,10:00 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A South African man survived an 18-floor plunge from a Cape Town hotel room and was well enough to call out to amazed rescuers, police said on Thursday.

Nicholas du Plooy broke both arms and a leg and also injured his neck late on Tuesday after he toppled out of a 19th-floor window at the Cape Town Ritz Hotel late on Tuesday.

Nearby restaurant worker Gino Del Giovine told the Cape Argus newspaper he was alerted to the accident by passers-by who burst into his business yelling "Hey, we've just seen a guy flying off the top of the Ritz!"

"I was expecting a real mess," Del Giovine told the newspaper

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"I was expecting a real mess," Del Giovine told the newspaper
Have to admit, that line made me chuckle. Of course you were expecting a real mess.

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1. they have REEEEEEALLY low ceilings in south africa

either that or the sidewalks are made of rubber. or, maybe the guy was part cat....

[kimchi]

3. He may have been part cat; but he just used up all 9 lives.

Lucky, lucky guy.

[phoebe]

2. wooo - quite a flight - ain't life grand!

"Puttin' on the Ritz" - sorry..couldn't help myself!