Australian Man Survives Nine-storey Fall In Underwear

An Australian man dressed wearing only his underwear survived a fall from his ninth-storey apartment when, what was supposed to be, a fun project went horribly wrong.

The 35-year-old was attempting to build planks across to a neighbour's flat when he lost his footing and plummeted 30 metres, that's 100 feet to the ground.

He crashed through an iron and timber climbing plant roof which broke his fall.

"He was skylarking around, building planks across to his neighbour's place when it happened. He was very lucky," police spokesperson Ros Weatherall said.

Residents at the apartment complex said they heard a strange noise shortly after midnight. One person went to see what it was and found the scantily-clad man in the apartment's courtyard.

"He was conscious, he was going 'Well, well, where am I? What happened?' and that was about it," the resident said. "It was a horrendous fall because he actually came down nine storeys."

The man was taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition with cuts and a broken leg.

"One would hope that if he was skylarking, he's learnt a very big lesson from a very lucky fall," said the spokesperson.

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