Pratt Institute student Katherine Del Rosario miraculously survives accidental plunge off roof Read

[ej510]

Katherine Del Rosario fell from the roof of a friend's apartment building in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
A 19-year-old art student miraculously survived an accidental plunge off the roof of a five-story Brooklyn building Monday.

Katherine Del Rosario, a student at Pratt Institute, fell from the roof of a friend's apartment building on Lafayette Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant about 6:35 p.m., cops and witnesses said.

"She hit facedown," said a witness who declined to give his name. "She was still alive. I saw her moving."

Del Rosario and two friends had gone to the roof, where they shared a few beers, to escape the steamy apartment. She remained behind when her friends went to grab some takeout, then somehow fell, friends said.

"They weren't drinking a lot," said Channing Creager, 22, a roommate of one of Del Rosario's pals. "She wasn't drunk enough to fall."

Del Rosario landed in a vacant lot next-door, witnesses said. She was in stable condition at Kings County Hospital late Monday night.



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[Taverner]

1. Lucky to survive - I hope there's no spinal damage

[ej510]

2. I know. Hopefully she will be able to get back to school.