"When the back door opened, I fell down and lots of boxes covered me, " he told Associated Press news agency from a military hospital in the Congolese capital Kinshasa.

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"The cross was upside down outside the door so when I opened the door it fell in, " he said.

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When my son fell down and hit his head, a social worker was entitled to question me as to whether I was abusive.

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