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TexasTowelie

(111,313 posts)
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 03:56 AM Nov 2019

'Angels caught me': Boy thrown from mall balcony walking normally, family friend says

A 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota is walking normally again seven months after the attack.

That's according to an update posted Friday by family friend Noah Hanneman on a GoFundMe page which has raised more than $1 million for the boy and his family.

The boy, identified by the page and in court as Landen, fell about 40 feet on April 12 after he was grabbed at random by Emmanuel Aranda.

Aranda has since pleaded guilty to attempted premeditated first-degree murder and been sentenced to 19 years in prison. He told investigators he went to the mall “looking for someone to kill.”

But after a lengthy hospitalization and multiple physical therapies, the boy is beginning to return to a normal life, according to Hanneman.

Read more: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/23/boy-thrown-off-mall-america-balcony-walking-normally-family-friend/4284232002/

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rampartc

(5,265 posts)
1. 7 year olds are very resilient, modern medicine can appear miraculous
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 04:07 AM
Nov 2019

and 7 months of physical therapy took character and determination as well as some great therapists. but supernatural beings? i'm skeptical.

btw, does 19 tears seem like enough for someone compelled to enter a mall “looking for someone to kill?” my first questions for the prosecutor regard his sanity.

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
2. I agree. Asperger's Syndrome comes to mind.
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 04:14 AM
Nov 2019

AS is in the spectrum of autism. There have been serial killers who had some form of AS.

rampartc

(5,265 posts)
3. maybe. i was thinking more like schizophrenia
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 04:29 AM
Nov 2019

but certainly something that needs a good look by a court appointed expert.

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
8. Not once since this happened has an article quoted a member of the child's family as
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 10:25 PM
Nov 2019

thanking the staff at Children's Hospital for saving him. Not even a "We thank God for the skill of the doctors and nurses..."

rampartc

(5,265 posts)
9. at least they did seek medical care
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 05:40 AM
Nov 2019

rather than making the child lay broken until the nearest evangelist could lay on hands.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
4. I hope the child is likewise getting some psychological counseling...
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 07:03 AM
Nov 2019

Kids are resilient, yes, but this is the kind of thing that may lay dormant in his mind for years, yet cause lasting trauma.

Mike Nelson

(9,903 posts)
5. That's great! ...but
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 07:09 AM
Nov 2019

... a miracle attended by angels would mean he got up and walked normally right away - no months of healing and physical therapies would be necessary.

marble falls

(56,359 posts)
7. I know, falling forty feet and surviving and recovering quickly seem so lame for a miracle ...
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 10:50 AM
Nov 2019

and where were the chorus of angels?

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