Boy, 7, miraculously left nearly unscathed after falling 3 floors from NYC building: cops

A 7-year-old boy was lucky to be alive Friday after tumbling three stories down the side of his East Harlem high-rise and landing on a 9th-floor ledge, cops and neighbors said.

The youngster made off with just a few minor injuries following the wild incident at the 14-story apartment building on East 131st Street near Harlem River Drive, police said.

The boy was playing on a balcony on the 12th floor at around 11 a.m. when he went over and plunged down to the 9th floor — and screamed for help until neighbors came to his rescue.

“He said ‘I slipped,'” one woman told The Post.

Eugenia McCall, 53, said she was walking from the bedroom in the back of her apartment when she saw the kid hanging from the ledge of her 9th-floor terrace.

The boy had one leg perched over the railing and one dangling on the street, but in his confusion nearly threw his weight over the ledge, she said.

“And we are screaming telling him ‘No, to come back, bring your body back over.’ He came back over but he’s holding his back,” she recalled.

McCall’s 31-year-old son Jalil was the one to grab the boy and yank him to safety.

They immediately called 911 for the boy, who was complaining that his back was hurt.

Miraculously, the youngster didn’t break any bones, McCall said.

He was taken to Metropolitan Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.

“I’m just glad that we were here because if we would not have been here that baby would have went over the ledge,” McCall said.

“There’s a dent in that concrete now,” she said, pointing to the ledge outside her window.

Residents in the aftermath questioned how the boy was able to squeeze out the window, which is equipped with hinges.

“I have a narrow head and I can’t stick my head out,” a resident said about the window. “It must be a malfunction.”

The building’s management sent a notice to residents after the terrifying incident, warning that they all check that their window limiters are correctly installed.

The super and porter were making inspection rounds throughout the building to check that all safety precautions were in place following the child’s tumble.

While the events leading up to the fall are unclear, McCall believes the boy was saved by divine intervention.

“I’m a Buddhist and I chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo so just I’m banking on that’s what did this to this baby. It’s powerful. It’s powerful,” she told The Post.

“This is my altar right here, where I pray,” she said, pointing to a small wooden table inside her home.

“And I truly believe my prayers saved that baby’s life today besides my son springing into action.”

While the boy was spared from any serious injury, the plunge took an emotional toll on him, McCall said.

“You know how scary that is. That’s a child,” she said. “He was traumatized, he didn’t know what to do.”

 Additional reporting by Katherine Donlevy