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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_jeb62cb wrote

Reply to comment by AccountantOfFraud in Lawsuit: Flo Rida’s 6-year-old son in ICU, suffered serious injuries after falling from Jersey City apartment window by bottomless-mimosa

This was 3 weeks ago. And why not just crack the window, or open the top not the bottom. If you're concerned about your kid's life that is....

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cmc t1_jeb849v wrote

Maybe it was cracked and the kid opened it the rest of the way.

I think it's a little....cruel to blame the victims in this. The mom reported it to the landlord, you're not supposed to have to do this work yourself in a rental.

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_jeb90bl wrote

Like I said, that would have to be some strong determined 6 year old for most windows I've met.

As for victim blaming, there's a bad guy here, but people need to be less helpless and passive. It reminds me a bit of the people who cross the road with their nose buried in their phone because it's a crosswalk and they have right of way. Yes, they're right, but it's not a great survival strategy in the real world.

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cmc t1_jeb9lq2 wrote

It's not that I disagree with you...it's that a lot of people don't feel comfortable working with tools in a place they don't own, and especially not installing something safety related. Whether it's good or not to be that way, many people (probably including this mom) have never owned their own places so they're not accustomed to doing their own manual work that way. I know I'd hire someone to install safety bars, would absolutely not be comfortable doing that and I own my place. Certainly wouldn't be messing with drilling bars into walls in a rental.

As for the windows....I dunno what kind of hardcore fortresses you've been living in but every place I've ever lived has windows that, um, can be opened. Easily. By just like, putting a little upwards pressure on them. A two-year-old couldn't open it but a six-year-old should be able to.

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ceeyell t1_jebhlie wrote

Article about a 6 year old falling out of a window....turns into an angry rant about pedestrians. Fabulous, right on cue.

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