Toddler Survives 3-Story Fall: Cops

Police say the boy had his back against a window when he fell through the screen.

A toddler is lucky to be alive after falling from an apartment building in Northeast Philadelphia.

It happened Monday around 2:40 p.m. on the 2300 block of Tremont Street. Police say a 15-month old boy was leaning against a window when he fell through the screen.

The child fell three stories before landing in a flower bed with a fresh layer of mulch, according to police. He was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released, according to his father.

"It's a miracle," said the boy's neighbor Daphne Coleman. "God works in mysterious ways and I'm just glad everything's okay." 

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