Watch: Woman Escapes Death With Minor Injuries After Falling From 13th Floor

Surviving a fall from a high-rise building is nearly impossible, but a shocking incident in Russia has defied expectations. A viral CCTV footage clip shows a woman falling onto a grassy lawn reportedly from the 13th floor, but remarkably, she sustains only minor injuries. In the video, the woman struggles to sit up but appears relatively unscathed, with no visible signs of blood loss or severe injury.

This incident reportedly took place in Novosibirsk at 49/1 Aviation Street on July 18. The woman in the video is believed to be 22 years old. Essa News quoted Russian portal NGS RU which reported that the woman was able to walk to the ambulance on her own. A friend of the woman reportedly told local media, “I know her. She is fine. It’s just a problem with her lungs.”

On July 20, an X user shared this incident online alongside the CCTV footage. This post got over two lakh views. In the comments, many people speculated about how the woman must have survived the fall.

An X user jokingly wondered, “I guess God changed his mood in between her falling or is she an alien?”

Someone else remarked, “This is X Men stuff. She must be genetically altered.”

An X user speculated, “She’s lucky the grass was super luscious, truly that looks like the perfect grass, also she landed flat which distributed her weight evenly, honestly kind of an ideal scenario for her in that situation, 13th floor is insane though.”

Sharing a similar theory another person wrote, “The probability for her to die was higher than of surviving. A game of inches ladies and gents. If she landed head first she would instantly die. She hit the ground flat with her whole body. Maybe one of the main reasons she survived.”

The details surrounding the woman’s fall and her exact medical condition, including any potential internal injuries, remain unclear. Typically, the height of each building floor is about 14 feet, making a 14th floor approximately 180 feet tall. Dr. Demetrios Demetriades, a professor of surgery at the Kerk School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, discussed the likelihood of surviving such falls with Live Science. He noted, “If someone falls more than 60 feet, this is usually lethal, and it is extremely unlikely, or a miracle if a patient falls from higher than 80 feet and survives.”