A 2-year-old boy survived a fall from the 15th floor of a high-rise apartment building in Maryland when he landed in bushes and mulch on the ground, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fall occurred Thursday afternoon from the apartment’s private balcony, which has protective glass, not a railing, according to Montgomery County police spokesperson Shiera Goff. Adults were home at the time, Goff told ABC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The child suffered “traumatic” injuries and went with a parent to a local hospital, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n “The child hit the bushes and landed in mulch, softening the impact,” Fire and Rescue Service Assistant Chief David Pazos told ABC News, calling it “miraculous.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “His age and size and weight is really what helped, because if he had been any heavier, he may not have survived,” Goff said. “I think it was a combination of those bushes being there, those shrubs, and his size and weight.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n “I was so scared,” a mom in the area told Washington, D.C., ABC affiliate WJLA.<\/a> “I was just thinking if it were my daughter, what will I do?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The toddler’s current condition is not clear, Goff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The police department’s investigation is ongoing, Goff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n