According to police, the student who fell (or was pushed) off a roof this weekend while trying to flee robbers was actually the one who chased them onto the roof. The Daily News reports that Harry Martinez, now in a coma, was home when robbers broke in, followed them to the roof and was holding a wad of cash as he fell from the roof. One neighbor said, "I saw money falling from the top of the building. Small bills." He is in critical condition at Elmhurst Hospital Center after his two story fall. His mother said, "I talk to him, but he can't answer. I tell him I'm here and, 'I love you, son.'"
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