Five-Year-Old Falls From 15th Floor Window | Manchester News

A five-year-old boy with autism tragically fell to his death from a 15th-floor window after believing he could fly, sparking a harrowing investigation into faulty tilt-and-turn windows in temporary social housing. Despite an engineer’s December inspection declaring the windows safe and new restrictors installed in January, the child’s mother had previously warned about them opening too wide — and her son lacked awareness of danger. CCTV captured his countdown before the fall, leading authorities to conclude it was a self-initiated act, not foul play. The coroner blamed the compromised window mechanism, not the building’s location, and ultimately found no grounds for a safety report — leaving families and advocates questioning whether enough was done to prevent such a devastating loss.

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