Pregnant mum asked for cigarette & opened window before falling 90ft to death – but unborn baby miraculously survived

A PREGNANT mum died after falling 90ft from a tower block but her unborn baby miraculously survived, an inquest heard today. Emma Atkinson, 38, plunged from the ninth floor of Shakespeare Towers in Leeds while she was visiting her dad. Emma Atkinson fell from a tower block in October 2024 Credit: Ben Lack Emma tragically couldn’t be saved after she fell from a tower block Credit: Ben Lack Emma’s baby Posie with her daughter Demi – who was also expecting at the time Credit: Enterprise She had shared a touching final Facebook post Her baby, who has been named Posie, was delivered in hospital five weeks premature but miraculously survived. Tragically Emma couldn’t be saved and was declared dead at the scene following the horror at Shakespeare Towers in 2024. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! An inquest heard she had asked her dad David Atkinson for a cigarette when she visited him that morning. The mum-of-five sat in a chair by the window and opened the pane so far that it was horizontal, he said. The dad said he asked her to close the window because it was cold then heard her say “I’m off”. How to get help EVERY 90 minutes in the UK a life is lost to suicide. It doesn’t discriminate, touching the lives of people in every corner of society – from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and footballers It’s the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes. And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women. Yet it’s rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now. If you, or anyone you know, needs help dealing with mental health problems, the following organisations provide support: CALM, www.thecalmzone.net, 0800 585 858 Heads Together,www.headstogether.org.uk HUMEN www.wearehumen.org Mind, www.mind.org.uk, 0300 123 3393 Papyrus, www.papyrus-uk.org, 0800 068 41 41 Samaritans,www.samaritans.org, 116 123 He turned to see her “feet going out of the window”. David told Wakefield Coroner’s Court: “I thought I was having a nightmare.” Devastated, he rushed to the ground floor and an off-duty doctor living in the tower block provided vital first aid to Emma and her unborn baby. She was rushed to hospital but suffered “catastrophic and unsurvivable injuries”. Most read in The Sun But doctors at Leeds General Infirmary were able to save her baby. The inquest heard Emma was diagnosed with emotional unstable personality disorder and had tried to take her own life twice previously. Emma had tragically shared a picture showing off her baby bump in a final Facebook post before she died. Emma fell 90ft from the flat in Leeds Cops at the time said there was no ‘suspicious circumstances’ into Emma’s death It showed her posing in a mirror and showing off her baby bump while a child hugs her legs. She confirmed in the comments that she was due in 10 weeks at the time. Emma wrote: “It’s a girl, couldn’t be happier.” Devastated friends also released balloons from outside the tower block the next day. Emma’s daughter Demi left a message to her “perfect” mum. It read: “Rest in paradise mama. You were one of a kind. I miss you more than anything already, too perfect for this world.” If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the Samaritans for free on 116123.