Drunk Man Who Fell 16 Floors Out Of Hotel Window Reached 69 MPH

[matcom]

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"Hanner" headed home Saturday.

Joshua Hanson, known to friends as Hanner — and to much of the world as the Wisconsin guy who fell 16 stories Jan. 20 and lived — was discharged from the hospital Saturday afternoon, a hospital official said.

Amazingly, Hanson, 29, was walking Saturday, albeit with the aid of a wheeled walker, his friends said.

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Anderson spent several days with his lifelong pal at Hennepin County Medical Center after Hanson crashed through a hallway window on the 17th floor of the downtown Minneapolis Hyatt Regency hotel and plummeted 16 stories. He likely reached an estimated 69 mph before landing on an overhang.

He broke his right leg and his lungs collapsed, friends said. That's all.

Police have said the accident was the result of some alcohol-induced horsing around. Some studies have suggested drinking actually increases the survival rate for such falls, perhaps because the body is more relaxed.

http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/16563176.htm

[Hugin]

1. Okay... For the Brazilianth time.

"He broke his right leg and his lungs collapsed, friends said. *That's all.*"

Is the punchline here.