9-Year-Old Jumps To Death, Imitating Video Game Character
What can I say? Rest in peace Domori Miles.
A 9-year-old wrestling fan jumped off his Brooklyn apartment roof wearing a homemade parachute in a fatal imitation of his favorite video game character, friends said.
The broken body of Damori Miles was found on the ground outside the Albany Houses about 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Wrapped around his body was the string and plastic bag he used for the parachute, police sources said. The boy died at Interfaith Medical Center an hour later.
“It’s terrible. The kids try to imitate what they see and they think they can fly,” said family friend Sumore Murrel, 29.
Shakar, Damori’s best friend, said his pal was imitating his favorite PlayStation2 game, “WWE SmackDown vs Raw.”
“He tried to do a swan dive like Jeff Harding does in ‘SmackDown.’ That was his favorite game. He played it all the time,” Shakar said.
“That was what he was trying to do. If I would have seen him up there, I would have told him not to do it.”
