Recently released surveillance footage captures a terrifying moment at a bustling shopping mall in Stratford, East London, where a teenager hurled a hefty 33-pound chair from the top floor railing, narrowly missing unsuspecting pedestrians below. This reckless incident took place at a Westfield mall in March of last year. However, it is only now, following the prosecution of the involved teenagers, that the dramatic CCTV footage has been made public, highlighting just how close a disaster was averted, as reported by SWNS.

The footage reveals a 16-year-old boy hoisting a round, dark-blue chair from the floor before launching it over the railing as his 15-year-old companion captured the dangerous stunt on video. At the time, the clip quickly went viral on social media, captioned with the alarming phrase, “no way bro almost killed someone.”

In the heart-stopping footage, a group of shoppers can be seen strolling by, blissfully unaware of the substantial piece of furniture plummeting towards them from above. The incident underscores the potential for tragedy in what was a thoughtless and dangerous prank.

At the time, the video went wiral on social media alongside the caption “no way bro almost killed someone.”

In the footage, a group of shoppers can be seen walking along, completely unaware that there was a large sofa falling above them.

A moment later, the blue chair can be seen slamming down onto the tiled-floor, narrowly missing the group of people. 

Other passersby can be seen freezing in fear after the couch landed nearby, before hurrying off in a different direction. 

The teen and his buddy were nabbed by police soon after.

Last September, the 16-year-old teen who chucked the chair over the railing was slapped with a $55 fine and a 8-month Detention and Training Order, where he’ll serve half his sentence in a secure training facility.

The 15-year-old boy was hit with a $331 fine and a 12-month referral order, a community service sentence for young, first-time offenders on May 20.

Both teens pleaded guilty to criminal damage and recklessly causing a public nuisance.

LONDON, England — A recent analysis in the Lancet medical journal highlights dire conditions from Sudan to Gaza, with civilians in urgent need and hospitals frequently targeted in attacks, while humanitarian efforts struggle to meet the demands.

“The current humanitarian aid model is inadequate for the scale and nature of today’s emergencies,” stated Dr. Paul Spiegel, a co-author of the report, in an interview with Fox News.

AS GLOBAL ATTENTION SHIFTS, SUDAN EXPERIENCES MASS DISPLACEMENT WITH 12 MILLION FORCED TO FLEE IN A DEVASTATING CONFLICT

Images from March 20, 2025, depict patients receiving care at the Saudi hospital in Omdurman, Sudan, amidst ongoing turmoil that has severely impacted healthcare facilities and educational institutions throughout the city and its environs. (Ebrahim Hamid/AFP)

Dr. Spiegel, a professor at Johns Hopkins University and co-director of its Center for Humanitarian Health, brings decades of on-ground experience in refugee camps and conflict zones globally. “I’ve been involved in this field for over 30 years,” he remarked. “We are facing some of the darkest times I’ve ever witnessed.”

Highlighting one of the world’s largest disasters, Sudan’s brutal civil war — where tens of millions of people are in need as hospitals close and famine spreads — the panel of experts behind the report says the world knows how to save lives, but that the system is failing to deliver. The experts’ report, titled ‘Health in a World of Crises and Impunity,’ argues that some agencies are too bureaucratic, and others too slow. The whole system, they say, needs revamping.

Dr. Paul Spiegel, is a professor at Johns Hopkins University and co-chair of its Center for Humanitarian Health. (Paul Spiegel)

The report argues the United Nations is in need of reform, while in the U.S. it highlights the Trump Administration’s shuttering of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) over suspected fraud and abuse. 

During that restructuring, many of USAID’s most vital programs were folded into the State Department, but the report calls USAID’s closure a “shock” and “sudden,” and part of a chain of decisions in the U.S. and elsewhere which it condemns as “a political and moral failure.”

ANALYSTS SAY GAZA ‘CIVILIAN’ DEATHS INCLUDE HAMAS, OTHER TERROR MEMBERS WORKING AS MEDICS, MEDIA WORKERS

A truck loaded with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip travels to the Kerem Shalom crossing at the Israel-Gaza border on May 20, 2025. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

“USAID needed to be restructured,” Spiegel told Fox News. “The U.N. needs to be restructured in a very significant way. But it’s how you do that.

“It is the strategy to make sure that you do it in such a way that vulnerable populations across the globe are not going to be hurt, and that it wasn’t done like that.”

Dr. Paul Spiegel has decades of experience working in refugee camps and war zones around the world. (Paul Spiegel)

The authors are pushing for major global reforms, including overhauling funding, sending aid directly to local communities, greater accountability if governments or armed groups block aid, and upholding healthcare as a basic human right.

“It’s really a complete rebalancing,” Spiegel said, “to make sure that the system actually works for the people it’s intended to help.”

Renowned music industry icon Clive Davis was admitted to a hospital in New York City on Friday, following his recent appearance at a glamorous event alongside Alicia Keys.

The 94-year-old legendary record producer is being treated for an upper respiratory infection and was hospitalized as a precaution, according to TMZ.

A representative for Davis informed the outlet that he is anticipated to be discharged within the next 24 hours.

Davis has been a dominant force in the music world for many years, collaborating with legendary artists like Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Barry Manilow, and Billy Joel.

He previously served as the president of Columbia Records and has held the position of chief creative officer at Sony Music Entertainment since 2018.

Davis was notably inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 2000 as a non-performer.  

Famed music mogul Clive Davis, 94, was hospitalized in New York City on Friday, just days after attending a star-studded event with Alicia Keys; seen in January in L.A. 

The record executive has been a prominent figure in the music industry for decades, having worked with stars such as Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Barry Manilow and Billy Joel; Davis and Houston seen in 2007 in Beverly Hills 

Just last week, Davis was seen attending the Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction in NYC. 

He joined other celebrity guests that made an appearance during the special evening including Alicia Keys. 

At one point, the pair were seen sitting next to each other at a table alongside Chance The Rapper and Swizz Beatz.   

Davis was born in April 1932 in Brooklyn and studied political science at New York University College of Arts & Science. He later graduated from Harvard Law School in 1956. 

And then in 60s, he became General Counsel of Columbia Records before being appointed as Vice President and General Manager in 1966. 

The following year, Davis reached a major milestone when he became President of Columbia Records, where he pursued his interest in rock and folk music. 

He attended the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and signed Janis Joplin’s band called Big Brother and The Holding Company. 

Other artists that he eventually signed included Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Santana, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith as well as Earth, Wind and Fire.  

Just last week, Davis was seen attending the Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction in NYC; seen above with Alicia Keys on May 19

At one point, the pair were seen sitting next to each other at a table alongside Chance The Rapper and Swizz Beatz

He attended the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and signed Janis Joplin’s band called Big Brother and The Holding Company; Joplin seen in 1968 in NYC 

Davis also helped in the successful careers of Simon & Garfunkel, Andy Williams and Barbra Streisand. 

He had also hired recording artist Tony Orlando who later became vice-president of Columbia/CBS Music. In 1969, Orlando notably signed Barry Manilow. 

Davis left Columbia and went on to launch Arista Records in 1974. 

The label, which is now owned by Sony Music Entertainment, helped kickstart the careers of other music artists such as Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Aretha Franklin, The Grateful Dead, Eurythmics, and Dionne Warwick. 

Under Arista, he also signed Alicia Keys, Westlife, Kenny G, Air Supply and Bay City Rollers.