NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A 2-year-old girl plunged from a fifth-floor apartment window in Far Rockaway on Sunday—just hours after a 3-year-old girl plummeted from a six-floor window in Chelsea.
Both children survived the falls, with the 2-year-old in stable condition and the 3-year-old in critical but stable condition.
In the Far Rockaway incident, the girl tumbled from a window on Seagirt Boulevard, near Beach 24th Steet, around 3:30 p.m.
The girl landed on a grassy area and was rushed to Cohen Children's Medical Center in stable condition.
There were no window guards on the window the child fell from, officials said.
That was also the case at the Chelsea Houses, where the 3-year-old fell from an unprotected window at 420 W. 26th Street around 11:30 a.m.
Felix Maldonado told 1010 WINS that he was walking through the area on his lunch break when he saw something falling through the air and onto the grass.
"At first I didn't even know it was a person," he said. "I just saw something falling. But the minute I heard the thump when she hit the ground, and I heard somebody screaming, that's when I knew right away something had gone wrong and that was a person."
Maldonado, who is trained in CPR, rushed over to help. He said the girl was initially unresponsive but grew alert as EMS arrived.
"She started moving," he said. "She started opening her eyes. She started convulsing. Liquid started coming out of her mouth."
"It was heartbreaking," he said.
The girl's distraught aunt could only say, "I don't know what happened. The children. Kitchen."
The girl was critically injured and rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where her condition was stabilized.
No criminality is suspected in that case, according to police.
The NYC Housing Authority released a statement on the Chelsea incident, saying it is conducting an internal investigation and connecting the family with the services it needs.
"Based on an immediate review of our records, window guards were installed on all windows when the family moved into the apartment in January 2023," NYCHA said in the statement. "Less than one week ago, on Wednesday, April 12, property management staff entered the apartment to complete repairs unrelated to window guards, and performed a NYCHA 5 Alive inspection, which includes an inspection for window guards. Our records indicate that window guards were present on all windows throughout the apartment at that time. There are no open repair work orders on record for the windows, window guards, or air conditioners at the residence."
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