show up. he was lying in the road and there were a few people around him trying to help him out. and i know nothing about medical. so i didn t want to touch him. so i just put my jacket over his legs and i started directing traffic. i just i want you know, i told him everything i said to him, you know, you re going to be okay. you re going to be all right. just keep breathing. reporter: and what caused him to fall is still under investigation. but tonight, ken, police tell me that he was not wearing a safety harness. 11 stories unbelievable he is even alive tonight. all right, thank you, linda. another view on this story as we zoom into 400 montgomery. consider the numbers here. he was 11 stories up. his death-defying plunge lasted all of 2.8 seconds as we figure it and he hit the car at 60- mile-an-hour freefall. stanford physicist that we talked to said it made a huge difference that the man actually hit the top and the back of that car. the car is moving forw
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woodruff: plus, silicon valley turns its gaze to the stars. tech startups are working on commercial space flights, mining the moon, and more. we re trying to build the iphone of satellites. the beauty of this approach is that for less than the cost of a single imaging satellite in today s world we can launch a entire constellation of satellites. woodruff: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: they searched for victims and tallied the damage today, after a barrage of tornadoes hit the midwest on sunday. at least eight people were killed, and scores more were hurt. the most powerful storm cut a path roughly an eighth of a mile wide, clear acros