A man who was locked out of his room at a Lower East Side shelter tried to human-fly himself over to his window by jumping off a fire escape Sunday but landed in an air shaft, police sources said. <\/p>\n
The man survived the more than three-story fall, they said. <\/p>\n
The victim, who lives at the Bowery Residents Committee homeless shelter on Pitt Street, jumped from a fifth-floor fire escape and landed in an air shaft between the second and first floors just after 3:30 p.m., according to police. <\/p>\n
Staff at the scene say they were trying to un-jam the mans door for him but could not keep him from heading for the fire escape. <\/p>\n
He was trying to human-fly to his window, a police source told the Post. He wasnt thinking very logically. <\/p>\n
Emergency responders were able to extricate him and rushed him to Bellevue Hospital. Doctors say he is expected to survive. <\/p>\n
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