Overview
- A 5-year-old boy fell from a second-story fire escape at a Morrisania apartment building and was found injured on the sidewalk.
- He was taken to Harlem Hospital for surgery, and his family says he is expected to survive.
- Police say the child is in stable condition with no criminality suspected.
- His parents say he is autistic and has a history of slipping out through doors and windows, and they had warned the landlord about unsafe windows.
- The Health Department opened an investigation and says fire-escape windows do not require window guards, though other safety gates can be installed.