Themes of the Fall in everyday life

Girl, 8, falls 150ft to her death after leaning out of window to chat to friend

An eight-year-old girl plunged about 150ft to her death from a tower block as she tried to talk to a friend.
Leanne Minick was leaning out of her bedroom window when she tumbled out of her flat on the 15th floor and landed on the pavement below.
Passers-by were alerted by the screaming of her mother Claire Sicberras.
The housewife and her partner, Ian Whitmore, were quickly on the scene and have been left heartbroken by her death.

A neighbour and friend of the family said Leanne had been trying to talk to a friend on the ground when she fell from the block in Bow, East London.
She said: ‘I heard shouting outside, looked out my window and saw Leanne’s mum and dad downstairs.

Leanne fell from her bedroom window. She was leaning out talking to somebody, got too confident and fell.’
A passer-by alerted emergency services. Leanne was taken by helicopter to the Royal London Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
A friend of the family said he was alerted to the accident after hearing Leanne’s mother sobbing outside.
The 34-year-old said: ‘I heard her mum screaming and looked out of the window and then saw her body lying on the ground.

THE FALLING MAN - 9/11

An interesting story i found when researching already existing ones is the falling man. He jumped out of the world trade centre during the terrorist attacks of the 11th of September 2001. It has been said that his identity is still unknown but he jumped from the North Tower where one of the planes had hit. He jumped to his death to escape the fire and smoke although obviously didn't survive. This death was classified as a homicide not suicide as a 'jumper' is one that would come to the office that day with the knowledge that they were going to commit suicide. He was forced out of the building through panic and terror. This picture is deceptive; it gives the impression the man is falling straight down. In reality, this is just one of a dozen photographs of his fall. In the other photos, it is evident that he is tumbling through the air out of control. The photographer has noted that, in at least two cases, newspaper stories commenting on the image have attracted a lot of criticism from readers who have found the image disturbing. I feel that it is indeed shocking but more so because it is a real life image from the world in which we live today.