Baby survives mother’s 8-floor suicide plunge

A woman holding a baby boy fell eight floors from a New York City apartment window to her death in an apparent suicide, but the baby survived.

Baby  survives mother’s 8-floor suicide plunge

Police found 45-year-old Cynthia Wachenheim with 10-month-old baby Keston in her arms.

An officer took the baby to a hospital, where he was said to be in a critical but stable condition.

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