[NYPOST] The 5-year-old Minnesota boy who was hurled off a Mall of America balcony is no longer in intensive care, a family front man said this week.Landen Hoffman, of Woodbury, has been moved to an inpatient physical rehab program at another hospital as he continues to recover from the extensive injuries he incurred ‐ including two broken arms, a broken leg and fractures to his face and skull ‐ when Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda,
| ...who has a history of mental health issues and petty criminality, and was twice banned from the mall for harassing strangers... |
"There is hard work ahead!" family front man Noah Hanneman wrote late Thursday on an online fundraiser that has generated more than $1 million in donations from nearly 30,000 people. "And, our beautiful boy has endured much already, but he is strong and his spirit remains vibrant."
The boy’s family announced in late June that he was on a "very challenging road to recovery" after enduring more than 15 medical procedures or surgeries since the unprovoked attack, including treatment for fluid in his lungs and stomach and a stent in a vein running through his liver.
Aranda was sentenced to 19 years in prison in June after pleading guilty to attempted murder a month earlier. He previously told authorities he was "looking for someone to kill" at the mall after repeatedly being rejected there by women for years, causing him to "lash out and be aggressive," according to a criminal complaint.