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32 FPS/PS in about 110 feet, with minor adjustments for drag.
I doubt his ballistic coefficient was very high, even though he was until he hit bottom.

People who sky dive fall about 200 mph. 11 stories may not have gotten that fast. A skydiver in Montgomery, Alabama had his parachute fail to open, then the tried his back up chute, and it failed. He landed someones grass front yard. He landed and fell on one side, broke both legs in multiple places, falling over broke all ribs on one side as well as his arm in multiple places. Broke his neck, but didn't hurt the spinal column. He survived with no major internal injuries, but was in a full body cast, according to the news. Don't know how he turned out. Probably months of rehab.

'I've fallen and I can't get up...'

11 stories equals ~110feet equals ~ 35m.

At 35m he was doing about 95 km/hr, or nearly 60 mph.


Graph from The Splat Calculator

Ouch.

9.3 meters/sec2

SPLAT calculator ???

Waaaayyyy to freaking early in the die from laughing !!!!!

Unknown: was this a toga party? If so, he would have been wrapped in a bed sheet and that would add considerably to air friction, kind of like an unopened chute that flaps in the wind.