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Mother Holds Child As She Jumps From 8th Floor Apartment in Suicide Bid

By The Daily Mail

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The woman jumped to her death from her apartment in the upscale building in New York.

March 14, 2013 Updated Mar 14, 2013 at 11:55 AM PDT

A distraught mother strapped her baby boy to her chest and plunged eight stories out of an apartment window to her death in an apparent suicide on Wednesday - but the child miraculously survived.

Cynthia Wachenheim, 45, was found on the Harlem street with her son, Keston, in her arms. A police officer who responded took the boy, believed to be 10 months old, to hospital where he is said to be in stable condition.

Wachenheim - who was also known as Cindy - was clutching her son to her chest when her back hit the pavement. On impact, the baby bounced out of her motionless arms and started wailing

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