2-year-old survives 15-story fall from Silver Spring [Maryland] apartment building balcony

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: WTOP

2-year-old survives 15-story fall from Silver Spring apartment building balcony

Ciara Wells [e-mail]
May 15, 2025, 6:21 PM

A 2-year-old boy fell off a 15th-floor balcony at an apartment building in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Thursday and miraculously survived.

Around 2 p.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service personnel responded to an apartment building in the 11200 block of Oak Leaf Drive for reports of a child falling.

The boy had fallen into the bushes below and was transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.

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Ciara Wells
Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.
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Read more: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2025/05/2-year-old-survives-15-story-fall-from-silver-spring-apartment-building-balcony/

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Hat tip, channel 4 in DC over the air, but the story is not on their website yet.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/

[chowder66]

1. Wow!

[EX500rider]

2. Sounds like some top notch parenting there "NO!, that is not what helicopter parenting means!" nt

[dickthegrouch]

3. Someone should tell Putin's detractors how!

We're told even 5th floor balconies can be very dangerous.

[Skittles]

4. I understand it is impossible to keep eyes on a 2yr old constantly

but allowing conditions where something like this could happen is sheer negligence

very happy those bushes cushioned his fall

[MacDo]

5. Wow.

I fell three stories as a two year old, and also landed in some bushes. No harm. Everyone thought that was miraculous.
It was a screened window opened for ventilation. I jumped up into it and pushed against the screen before Mom could get to me.
Fifteen stories is almost unbelievable 😮

[Skittles]

6. whenever I babysat up high

I always checked that the windows were closed and locked!

[chowder66]

7. Was that for you or the kids?

[Skittles]

9. heh

[FakeNoose]

8. Video report from NBC Washington

Video news story :
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/toddler-survives-15-story-fall-from-white-oak-high-rise/3914809/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. Thanks for posting that.

The story showed up on the ABC network TV news too.

Channel 4 was coming in last night. When the account began with “2-year old falls fifteen stories from high-rise,” I was horrified.

Then the story continued.

Thanks again, and good morning.

[riversedge]

10. The angels were certainly looking after him. whow.