Toddler Survives After Falling on an Iron Rod That Skewered His Chest

Toddler Survives After Falling on an Iron Rod That Skewered His Chest
Demolished old buildings in Varanasi, India, on May 4, 2019. Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images
Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
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A child is recovering after falling from a building and being impaled on a six-foot-long metal rod on April 8.

Toddler Nadeem, 3, had been playing with his friends on the third floor of a building in Uttar Pradesh, India, when he suddenly fell 30 feet onto a six-foot-long iron rod.

Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
Editor/Reporter
Richard Szabo is an award-winning journalist with more than 12 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organizations. He has a specialty in business, tourism, hospitality, and healthcare reporting.
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