5-year-old boy thrown from Mall of America balcony moved to rehabilitation program

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Saturday, August 3, 2019
5-year-old thrown from Mall of America balcony moved to rehab

The 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America has reached a new milestone.

His family says he's been moved out of intensive care and into a rehabilitation program.

The boy, only identified as Landen, has been in the hospital ever since he was thrown nearly 40 feet to the ground by a stranger on April 12. He survived head trauma and broken bones.

Emmanuel Aranda pleaded guilty to attempted premeditated first-degree murder at the Minnesota mall. The 24-year-old Minneapolis man was sentenced to 19 years in prison in June.

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