{"id":239483,"date":"2026-04-20T21:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239483\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:36:08","slug":"south-florida-mom-recounts-4-year-olds-survival-after-6-story-fall-from-apartment-window-its-a-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239483\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida mom recounts 4-year-old’s survival after 6-story fall from apartment window: “It’s a miracle”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 4-year-old boy is recovering after falling from a sixth-floor window at a North Miami apartment building<\/a> over the weekend, suffering serious injuries but surviving what his mother calls a miracle.<\/p>\n

The fall happened around 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at an eight-story building near Northeast 146th Street and Northeast 18th Avenue. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transported the child to Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The boy, identified by his mother as Will, landed on the grass outside the building. He suffered a broken femur, lung damage and other injuries.<\/p>\n

“Right now, I thank God everything is OK,” his mother, Edna Ceno Milfort, said. “Yesterday, he had surgery on his leg. But he will be in a full cast from top to bottom and is just lying on his back. He talks. He plays. The biggest concern is the leg.”<\/p>\n

Milfort said doctors may need to place screws in his leg, and he is not expected to walk or sit up for at least two months.<\/p>\n

“He remembers everything,” she said. “He says he wants to go home. He wants to stand and walk.”<\/p>\n

Milfort said she has remained by her son’s side since the fall.<\/p>\n

“That is a miracle. That is a miracle of God,” she said. “I thank God. That is all I say now. He is back with me.”<\/p>\n

She said she does not know exactly how the fall happened, noting her son was with other family members at the time. The window has since been covered with plywood.<\/p>\n

“The window was not open,” Milfort said. “It was closed, but it does slide up. I don’t know how he fell, as I was not there. I was down in my car. You know how kids are, you turn around, and they just move.”<\/p>\n

North Miami police said they are investigating but do not suspect foul play.<\/p>\n

Milfort, a single mother of three, said the incident has also created financial strain as she remains at the hospital with her son.<\/p>\n

“Right now I need help because I am not able to work,” she said. “I may not be able to pay rent because I need to stay with my son, and I don’t think my job will pay me to be out so long.”<\/p>\n

She said her son may soon be moved from the intensive care unit to a private room.<\/p>\n

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