– Would I survive if I jumped off a collapsing building right before it hit the ground?

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Curious as to what would happen if I perfectly time it. Would I be safe? Lets say the building is 4 stories high

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Jumping won’t be the deciding factor in your survival, in fact if anything it may hurt your survival chances. That being said, a lot depends on how exactly the building is collapsing. Example that comes to mind – top gear put a truck on top of the building that was being demolished and the truck survived, despite having a cracked frame. That’s not because the truck is amazingly strong, but because if you watch the demolition video – you’d see that the building collapsing does provide a sort of cushion for the roof and it decelerates rather gently. In that kind of impact I’d be more worried about human getting crushed by debris rather than dying from an impact.

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