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The 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America last week is "showing real signs of recovery," his family said Friday.
"We have good news to share with you all on this Good Friday!" the family said in a statement. "Our miracle child Landen is showing real signs of recovery. New test results have been positive, though he remains in intensive care with a long road ahead."
Landen was the victim of a horrifying attack at the Bloomington mall on April 12, when a man picked up the child and threw him nearly 40 feet over a railing onto a stone floor.
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http://www.startribune.com/five-year-old-boy-hurt-in-moa-attack-showing-real-signs-of-recovery/508811532/
chowder66
(9,073 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)S/He'd have interceded BEFORE the child was tossed off a 40-ft balcony but, hey ... Mysterious Ways, right?
Come to think of it, though, as long as Magical Beings are involved, how do we know for SURE that the child isn't actually the spawn of the Dark Lord, and hence, immortal? Maybe the crazed person who tossed them from the balcony was legitimately trying to save the Fate of the Entire Universe?
When there's magic and miracles and stuff going on, how can we REALLY know, you know?
Just askin'
I do wish the boy well, to be clear, I'm glad things are looking up. But this 'miracle' stuff ... kinda rubs me the wrong way.
Lochloosa
(16,066 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)sarisataka
(18,663 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)That weren't fortunate enough to get these kinds of 'miracles' granted to them, so ...
Couldnt hold back, huh?
Oerdin
(1,037 posts)What the article left out was that the attacker was a refugee from Somalia who was upset because white women wouldn't date him and kept rejecting his advances. He then decided he wanted to kill a white person but settled on attempting to kill this five year old child because he could not fight back.
Yes, this crime was motivated by racial hatred and it should be classified as a hate crime.
LittleBunny
(22 posts)Other than this, it does appear there were elements of a hate crime present in Aranda's act.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,357 posts)Knock that shit off.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)n/t