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Falling girl saved by brolly

Most of the scenarios depicted in cartoons and comics are disproved in real life, but it appears that umbrellas can act as parachutes. An 18-year-old schoolgirl was saved by her umbrella when she was blown off a six-storey building. Zhang Haijing’s umbrella slowed her fall and allowed her to land relatively softly, reports China’s Today Morning Express. Zhang was soaked when she was caught in rain on her way home from school and decided to wash and dry her clothes in a laundry at the top of a six storey building.

Unfortunately Zhang was blown off a slippery walkway by a sudden gust of wind, which caught her raised umbrella and blew her over the edge of the building. She managed to cling on to the umbrella as she fell and it slowed her descent, allowing her to land in the soft soil of a waterlogged vegetable garden.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .