A chunk of a building facade fell on a teen\u2019s head as he walked with his parents in Queens Saturday \u2014 but an awning may have broken the debris\u2019 fall and saved his life, police and a witness said.<\/p>\n
The 14-year-old boy was walking in front of 37-54 82nd St. in Jackson Heights when a triangular piece of concrete hit him in the head around 12:15 p.m., cops said.<\/p>\n
The manager of Salon Barber Essentials, which is located at the address, said he heard a \u201cbig sound\u201d and thought it was a car crash.<\/p>\n
The teen was struck by a triangular piece of the facade, photos show. Peter Gerber<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard like a strong wind and then a couple seconds later a big sound,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought it was a car accident. When I came outside, a boy was sitting down and he was bleeding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pointing at a black awning where the piece landed first, he said: \u201cI think this saved his life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Danny Boey, who manages thd neighboring store Digiso, said he called 911.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw a lot of people crowded on the sidewalk,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I saw the boy, I called 911.\u201d<\/p>\n
The child lives in the neighborhood and frequents his variety store, which sells school supplies and other items, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe building is old, like 100 years old,\u201d he said, adding that he\u2019s never seen anything fall off of it before.<\/p>\n
A woman who was nearby heard a loud scream when the piece fell. Peter Gerber<\/p>\n
Daisy Rincon, who works in the store, told The Post that she heard the boy \u201cscreaming and yelling out of pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I went out, I did see him on the ground, and his parents were holding him, trying to sit him down,\u201d the 22-year-old recalled. \u201cSo it was a kind of really panicky situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The teen was taken to the hospital in stable condition, cops said. Peter Gerber<\/p>\n
A woman who was selling jewelry across the street told The Post she heard a scream.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a frightening scream,\u201d said the woman, who declined to give her name. <\/p>\n
\u201cSoon after, I heard the sirens,\u201d she said. \u201cI thought there was a fire. Scary. Very scary.\u201d<\/p>\n
The teen was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition and was expected to survive, cops said.<\/p>\n
Photos from the scene show a triangle shaped piece of broken concrete lying in front of the two-story building, which is landmarked, according to city records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A chunk of a building facade fell on a teen\u2019s head as he walked with his parents in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[3530,9174,57,9,24,63,103,122,124,123,58],"class_list":["post-249076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-buildings","tag-ems","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}