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  • A young man plunged 39 stories Tuesday from a West Side high-rise, crashed through the windshield of a sports car - and lived to tell about it. “My leg! My leg!” Thomas Magill, 22, screamed after an apparent suicide attempt ended with his landing in the red 2008 Dodge Charger, witnesses said. The things you learn throughout medical school, residency, and practicing is never say never…anything and everything can and will happen if it involves the human body. Reminds me of this. See also, How to save a friend from the brink.

    A young man plunged 39 stories Tuesday from a West Side high-rise, crashed through the windshield of a sports car - and lived to tell about it.

    “My leg! My leg!” Thomas Magill, 22, screamed after an apparent suicide attempt ended with his landing in the red 2008 Dodge Charger, witnesses said.

    The things you learn throughout medical school, residency, and practicing is never say never…anything and everything can and will happen if it involves the human body.

    Reminds me of this.

    See also, How to save a friend from the brink.

    29 notes    /   Comments    /   Posted 1 year ago from bookmarklet
    1. jarret-ass reblogged this from dederants and added:
      “My leg! My leg!”
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    5. dreamingdrafter reblogged this from dederants and added:
      I love how at the end of the article they’re like “oh it’s so amazing - buuut it’s been done before sooo meh”
    6. dederants reblogged this from upanddowns and added:
      He HAD to have been drunk, high or something.
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    8. jenasingmeasong reblogged this from jayparkinsonmd and added:
      this is freaking RIDICULOUS.
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    10. adriennes reblogged this from neighborhoodr-upperwestside and added:
      Man plunges from W. Side building, crashes atop...Dodge Charger and lives
    11. madeupmemories reblogged this from neighborhoodr-upperwestside and added:
      See also: a different Thomas Magill.
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    22. marco said: Maybe he just really disliked contemporary American car design.
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    25. upanddowns reblogged this from jayparkinsonmd and added:
      wow im interested in seeing his injuries
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