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Helen William

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Parents of boy who died in tower block fall were terrified about windows - Caught on Camera

The boy fell from the 15th floor of Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London (PA) - (PA Archive)

The parents of a five-year-old boy died after jumping from a compromised 15th-floor tower block window are hoping other families can be spared the “devastation” they have faced.

Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at a residential block in Plaistow, east London, on May 16 2024.

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