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Back in 1999, an 18 month-old Down's Syndrome baby plummeted off the Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver, from a height of 154 feet (47 metres) to the river below. The toddler hit many tree branches on the way down, which saved her life by breaking her fall.

You can read the original story here: The story of Nadia Hama, the woman who dropped her baby off a B.C. bridge, is part fairy tale, part pulp fiction.

After a lengthy investigation, the police found the evidence too circumstantial and the mother was not charged, despite the husband's opinion that the baby's fall was not as accidental as she claimed. You can read that story here: Mother who dropped baby won't be charged

Last Updated Wed Feb 9 21:56:13 2000
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver woman won't be charged in connection with her daughter's 15-storey plunge off the Capilano Suspension Bridge last September. The Crown says there isn't enough evidence to prove that Nadia Hama was to blame for her baby's fall.

Five years have gone by and the (divorced and estranged from her surviving children) Ms. Hama is suing the owners of the suspension bridge for mental distress. You can read an except of that story here: Mother sues bridge owners for damages

Nadia Hama, who dropped her infant daughter from the Capilano Suspension Bridge nearly five years ago, cannot hold down a job in Toronto and suffers ongoing emotional stress because of the negative publicity still surrounding her case, her lawyer said yesterday.

Unfortunately the complete news article is unavailable in the online version at the moment, but it does go on to say that the reason Ms. Hama cannot hold down a job is because no one wants to hire her after learning who she is.

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