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Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[-] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 81 points 10 months ago

Among his injuries were nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, broken hand and a collapsed lung.

Jesus. 13 year old survives 100 foot fall, meanwhile I stretched too far to reach some chips in the highest parts of the cupboard and now I can’t look right.

[-] chahk@beehaw.org 43 points 10 months ago

Kids are made basically out of rubber. Adults however... Have you ever seen a rubber band that's been sitting in a drawer for like 5 years without use? Yeah, kind of a similar thing.