Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alcides Moreno (2nd nomination)
and further expand.  states "''If the event is significant, and/or if the individual's role within it is substantial, a separate article for the person may be appropriate. Individuals notable for well-documented events, such as John Hinckley, Jr., fit into this category. The significance of an event or individual should be indicated by how persistent the coverage is in reliable secondary sources.''". Without question, the event was significant, the individual's role within it was singular, the event was exceedingly well documented nationally and abroad, and it continues to have ramifications. The amazing survival of this man, despite what he experienced, not only makes the article noteworthy and encyclopedic, but its continued coverage in relation to other similar events and its use as a reference in articles unrelated to the man, show that the continued significant in-depth coverage in multiple reliable sources of this man, the event, and his subsequent recovery, triggered coverage and its referencing in other safety issues, nationally AND internationally make it more than qualify for inclusion PER guideline: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/nyregion/04fall.html New York Times 1, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/01/04/2008-01-04_window_washer_who_fell_47_floors_likely_.html New York Daily News, http://nyp.org/news/hospital/alcides-moreno-discharge.html NYP, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article653150.ece The Sun, http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/dead_window_washers_worked_for.html NJ.Com 1, http://www.workerscompinsider.com/archives/000814.html Workers Comp Insider, http://www.dailygotham.com/new_yorkers_and_wannabes/alcides_moreno Daily Gotham, http://www.gothamist.com/tags/alcidesmoreno Gothamist 1, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-506050/Window-cleaner-falls-47-storeys-skyscraper--survives-tell-tale.html Daily Mail 1, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2008/01/05/2003395852 Taipai Times, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7172647.stm BBC News, http://www.independent.ie/topics/Alcides+Moreno Independent, http://www.upi.com/topic/Alcides_Moreno/ UPI, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a8xVBVFeMbBo&refer=news Bloomberg, http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2008/061008a.shtml NYC.gov, http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272618095.shtml National Ledger, http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Alcides+Moreno+%22&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&start=50&sa=N The Ledger, http://gothamist.com/2007/12/09/brothers_sensed.php Gothamist 2, http://www.katu.com/news/13028892.html KATU, http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23430806-details/Window+cleaner+falls+47+storeys+from+skyscraper+-+and+survives+to+tell+the+tale/article.do London Evening Standard, http://www.nypost.com/seven/01042008/news/regionalnews/47_story_plunge_ends_in_miracle_955370.htm New York Post 1, http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/12/one_brother_dies_the_other_in.html NJ.Com 2, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004106940_fall04.html Seattle Times, http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/miracle-fall-guy-amazes-doctors/2008/01/04/1198950073577.html The Age, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/after-survival-new-miracles-for-cleaner-who/257739/ Indian Express, http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641297261 Sky News, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/05/usa.topstories3 The Guardian, http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TurningPoints/Story?id=4086086&page=1 ABC News, http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/miracle-window-washer-survives-skyscraper-fall/2008/01/04/1198950076030.html Sydney Morning Herald, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1025344/Back-feet-The-walking-miracle-window-cleaner-fell-47-storeys-New-York-skyscraper.html Daily Mail 2, http://www.nypost.com/seven/06092008/news/regionalnews/after_the_fall_114689.htm New York Post 2, http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/12/window_washer_who_survived_fal.html NJ.Com 3, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/tim_hames/article3142140.ece The Times, http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/30411 Sunday Express, http://www.slate.com/id/2181498/ Slate, http://www.newsweek.com/id/90686 Newsweek, http://wcbstv.com/topstories/window.washer.accident.2.622511.html WCBS, http://www.thedoctorweighsin.com/journal/2008/1/4/on-medical-miracles.html The Doctor Weighs In, http://www.uslaw.com/library/Personal_Injury_Law/WINDOW_WASHER_SURVIVES_47_FOOT_FALL_SCAFFOLDING.php?item=113854 US Law, http://www.bt.com.bn/en/health_fitness/2008/01/08/falls_47_floors_survives Brunei Times, http://www.thestar.com/News/article/291208 The Star, Etc, etc, etc... there are hundreds of in-depth coverages of the event, its cause, its repercussions, its results, and its notable uniqueness echoing all over the world. This man, the event and its consequences leaps past the  like a rocket. Time for just a little  SENSE folks
— User:MichaelQSchmidt, 18:58, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BLP1E||WP:GNG||WP:COMMON (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)