webfact Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Russian father, daughter injured in condominium fall By The Nation A Russian man and his daughter were severely injured when they fell from the balcony of their room on the second floor of a Pattaya condominium late Wednesday night. Police were informed of the incident at The Gallery Hotel-Condominium on Soi Jomthien 8 in Tambon Nongplue in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district at 12.30am. The two were identified as Maksim Kretov, 42 and Valeriya Kretov, 16. The teenager suffered a head injury while her father broke his left leg. Both were transferred to Pattaya Memorial Hospital. Nattaporn Chomngarm, a security officer of the condominium, told police that he had seen the family chatting on the balcony of their second-storey room before he heard screaming and saw the two falling to the ground. Police said they believed the two had been sitting on the balcony edge and accidentally fallen over. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30335359 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-01-04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconutman Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Living on the edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Yeah, that´s a perfect explaination. The problem, though, is that the chance that 2 persons falling from the same balcony at the same time is 10 times smaller then winning the government lottery twice in a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Prime suspect is a Comrade Smirnoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttoPollmann Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 14 minutes ago, champers said: Prime suspect is a Comrade Smirnoff. I will disagree. I would suspect this too low installed balcony railing, but what I know..... nothing only guesswork.... Let those TV detectives start with their work. Much easier, luckily they have survived so let asked them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Get Real said: Yeah, that´s a perfect explaination. The problem, though, is that the chance that 2 persons falling from the same balcony at the same time is 10 times smaller then winning the government lottery twice in a month. I disagree. It could easily be this: Two people chatting, sitting on the balcony edge. One lost balance and starts falling. The other one tries to catch him up, and also lost balance doing so. The two felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Dude Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Honestly....Thai balconies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconutman Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Waiting for the go fund me page that cant be set up from thailand.. if they had travel insurance im sure there is some clause that a fall from 2cm or more is not covered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 They definitely will not be seen smiling on holiday now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Maybe both father and daughter were drunk? The Russians celebrate Christmas in January so they were in party mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 I can only say this Drunk and to low balcony is a bad combination Sure father fall over and daughter grab him but to heavy man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over2you Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Get Real said: Yeah, that´s a perfect explaination. The problem, though, is that the chance that 2 persons falling from the same balcony at the same time is 10 times smaller then winning the government lottery twice in a month. Your posting is the biggest load of speculative **** (drivel - polite) I've read for some time. (And you certainly have some competition on T. V. Com. Quite probably one tried to to grab or assist the other. Perhaps speculative also. But I think very feasible. And yes. Per a previous posting. The balconies are too low. I am 180 cms and my apartment balcony is 10 cms lower than my navel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Get Real said: Yeah, that´s a perfect explaination. The problem, though, is that the chance that 2 persons falling from the same balcony at the same time is 10 times smaller then winning the government lottery twice in a month. Unless one started to fall and the other tried to grab them. Use your imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieqw Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Is the 2nd floor what we call 1st floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 (edited) 22 minutes ago, cookieqw said: Is the 2nd floor what we call 1st floor In Thailand 1st floor is the ground level, like the US. Australia, UK etc its called ground floor then one up is 1st floor. In the context of this story, they fell around 2.5-3.5 metres. Edited January 4, 2018 by Peterw42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 2 hours ago, over2you said: Your posting is the biggest load of speculative **** (drivel - polite) I've read for some time. (And you certainly have some competition on T. V. Com. Quite probably one tried to to grab or assist the other. Perhaps speculative also. But I think very feasible. And yes. Per a previous posting. The balconies are too low. I am 180 cms and my apartment balcony is 10 cms lower than my navel. Yeah, and I am 1,86 and I´ve never had any problem with Thai balcony rails. Isn´t that a peculiar thing? Maybe it is because I look where I am and how things are there. I am also very happy that I could contribute with something that was so eye opening for you. Please follow me and my comments. There is always more coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac98 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 8 hours ago, Get Real said: Yeah, that´s a perfect explaination. The problem, though, is that the chance that 2 persons falling from the same balcony at the same time is 10 times smaller then winning the government lottery twice in a month. One started tipping backwards and grabbed the other one, like a drowning man drowning his rescuer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The manic Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 16 hours ago, hyku1147 said: I wish them both a full and speedy recovery. 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 18 hours ago, Get Real said: Yeah, that´s a perfect explaination. The problem, though, is that the chance that 2 persons falling from the same balcony at the same time is 10 times smaller then winning the government lottery twice in a month. Well had they both been casually sitting on the railing, or fence and one of them lost balance and started to roll back, they would make a grab at something instinctively. The Russians do bravado.... Fortunate not to have been a higher floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoza Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 not sure of the cause of their fall but I am in a hotel that a chap fell to his death a few months back and I notice that all the balcony railings have been built up by a few feet. so with all the accidents it appears they think the regular height is not enough. lets hope for a speedy recovery for these two . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) The balcony railing at the building is not low. Especially for a child and for an adult, the railing would be well above the waistline. Hence, post #22 is the most accurate of this thread. A simple Google search would mute the 'balcony too low' TV team of sleuth savants. Edited January 5, 2018 by HLover Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Did the police also say no suspicious circumstances and the room was not robbed I wonder. Na forget that as they always say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 A troll post has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 1 hour ago, wakeupplease said: Did the police also say no suspicious circumstances and the room was not robbed I wonder. Na forget that as they always say it. Disappointed? But maybe it's because they knew even the most obtuse CSI: TVF investigator would realize that the father would have related the "suspicious circumstance" had there been any, so they didn't wish to insult anyone's intelligence. Perhaps an overestimation, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over2you Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 19 hours ago, Get Real said: Yeah, and I am 1,86 and I´ve never had any problem with Thai balcony rails. Isn´t that a peculiar thing? Maybe it is because I look where I am and how things are there. I am also very happy that I could contribute with something that was so eye opening for you. Please follow me and my comments. There is always more coming. Yes. Point taken. Obviously neither of us leans too far forward. Or even worse sits on the balcony wall/rails. I will follow you with great interest. I can't wait for your next speculative assessment of a situation. Strangely enough. Similar to your name "keep it real" is one of my stock phrases I say to 'newbies' arriving in Thailand. The other is "After use. Pay. And put them back where you found them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 1 hour ago, over2you said: Yes. Point taken. Obviously neither of us leans too far forward. Or even worse sits on the balcony wall/rails. I will follow you with great interest. I can't wait for your next speculative assessment of a situation. Strangely enough. Similar to your name "keep it real" is one of my stock phrases I say to 'newbies' arriving in Thailand. The other is "After use. Pay. And put them back where you found them." I, believe it or not, actually live by the same phrases. Maybe that´s because I am not a newbie, and have been residing in the country over 17 years. However, i am happy that I can amuse people. That´s why I joined this forum, and I don´t take it serious one bit. Cheers, and thanks for following! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pieeyed Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Seems to happen a lot when the railings are below the height of the average european/westernern hip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Good thng they were on the 2nd floor and not much higher or this would be a different story. Low balconies are great for sitting against with a chair, they both better be thankful that they are stll alive. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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