Man cheats death, falls off 30ft roof, but survives

He plummeted 30ft towards the ground, reports Manchester Evening News.

He plummeted 30ft towards the ground, reports Manchester Evening News.

As he smashed into the ground from the rooftop he broke almost every bone in his body and was left temporarily paralysed. He said: “I tried flipping myself over but it happened that fast.

“The next minute I was in the back of his garden with my arm snapped in two places.

“When I landed on the floor, I told my mate I couldn’t feel my legs. I was that confused, I didn’t know where I was.

“I knew I had a problem because I couldn’t move.”

Ian’s friend rang emergency services for an ambulance but was told one wouldn’t reach them for an hour and 40 minutes.

While his friend was on the phone, Ian started bleeding from the mouth.

An air ambulance was immediately sent to the scene and Ian was airlifted to Manchester Royal Infirmary.

His family were told to prepare for the worst by surgeons as he underwent several blood transfusions.

He was placed into an eight-week coma.

He continued: “The surgeon told my family I was going to die. My daughter was in the room – she saved my life.

“The only reason she was in the room was because I was dying. She gave me a kiss bye-bye and I said, ‘I’m not going nowhere. I’m like a machine’.

“She told I wasn’t going to die. When I was in a coma, I had some terrible dreams coming in and out of consciousness.