Toddler dies after falling nine floors

The Straits Times, Sat Feb11 2006

Amin Mohamad Jamaluddin, a two year old boy, was jumping on his parents bed when he bounced out the window. The boy survived the fall but died a few hours later in a hospital.

I am really sad to hear of the tradegy that befell Amin, and i feel really sorry for his parents who must be really heartbroken. The death of Amin must really have been a blow to his parents as just a minute ago he was happily jumping on the bed, and the next he was flying out the window. I think that Amin's father must really be feeling terrible as he had lunged forward to grab Amin but just could not reach him in time. Amin's mother said that the latch of the window was broken and she had tried to get the owner to repair it many times but he refused, and now it has led to such a misfortune.
Reading this article, i wonder if this accident could have been prevented. If the window had been installed with metal grilles, little Amin might still be alive today. The presence of metal grilles in windows is actually quite important and useful as it not only makes it safer for the children who live in high storey apartments, but also it prevents robbers from sneaking in and robbing the house.
Therefore i believe that all apartments units, especially those located at higher levels, should install metal grilles on their windows to prevent any child playing near a window from accidentally falling out. In addition, it would be much safer for maids to clean the windows of such high storey apartments with the grilles installed, as in the past years there have been quite a few cases of maids falling out the windows while trying to clean them.