INADEQUATE WINDOW GUARD MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAGIC ACCIDENT BRONX, NEW YORK (July 6, 2016)  A 5-year-old child was seriously injured after falling 5 stories threw a window at an apartment building on Bristol Street, according to CBS News. (map) Reporters have been able to identify the boy that was injured as James Frierson. The accident happened on Tuesday in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx. This comes just two days after a three-year-old fell to his death at an apartment complex in Harlem. Investigators indicated that there were window guards properly in place at the apartment where the boy fell. Yet, somehow, the boy was able

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unintentional injuries – like those caused by drowning, burns, falls, road traffic and poisoning – are the leading of death among children in the United States. Each year, over 12,000 children aged between 0 and 19 years die from unintentional injuries and over 9.2 million are treated in emergency departments for nonfatal injuries. In 2008, the leading cause of death among children aged 1 to 4 was drowning. For those aged 5 to 19, the leading cause of death was motor vehicle crashes. Statistics show that children are at a much higher risk of being