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Woman Survives 23 Story Fall in Argentina - A young woman who fell 23 stories from a Buenos Aires hotel survived by hitting the roof of a taxi, the BBC reports. The driver had stepped out of his cab only seconds after noticing a police officer looking up. The impact crushed the roof of the taxi and shattered the windshield. The BBC reports that a witness saw the woman climb over a safety barrier and leap from a restaurant at the top of the Hotel Crown Plaza Panamericano. The woman, who is reported to be an Argentine in her 20s, was hospitalized with multiple injuries, the BBC says.