Doctors Astounded by Miraculous Survival of Window Washer Who Fell 47 Stories
Says doctor: "If you are a believer in miracles, this would be one. I'm not a deeply religious person personally, but when I … I can understand what the religious people mean about a case like this."
(New York, N.Y.)—Doctors are calling the survival of window washer Alcides Moreno, who fell 47-stories on December 7, a miracle. His brother, Edgar, did not survive the fall. (Photo: WCBSTV)
"If you are a believer in miracles, this would be one," said Dr. Philip Barie of N.Y. Weill Cornell Medical Center. "I'm not a deeply religious person personally, but when I … I can understand what the religious people mean about a case like this."
Asked how her husband was responding to his brother Edgar's death, Alcides' wife, Rosario Moreno, said: "He knows about his brother's death, but my husband's very religious. He believes that when it's time for you to go, you just go."
