Eighteen month-old Caua Felipe Massaneiro in the Brazilian city of Recife fell out of his 3rd floor apartment window yesterday and dropped 30 feet to the ground. Halfway down, though, the disposable diaper he was wearing snagged on a security spike that was jutting out of the building and suspended him in air. The diaper eventually opened and Massaneiro was deposited on the ground, but at a much slower speed. Officials are saying the diaper saved his life. We’ve totally seen that movie!

The child was treated for minor fractures at the Hospital Memorial Sao Jose, where spokesman Gilberto Tenorio said he was in stable condition. Police have opened an investigation to determine how the toddler fell out the window and “if parental negligence was one of the causes,” the police officer said. [His father says] that his son climbed onto a sofa underneath the window he fell from - “something he had never done before.”

Disposable diaper saves toddler’s life [Chicago Tribune]
Un bebé salvó milagrosamente su vida gracias al pañal tras caer de un tercer piso [La Capital]