I fell 25 feet while working in 2003. I was falling head first, but fortunately hit a structure on the way down that caused me to flip and land mostly sideways.
Two weeks in the hospital, six months in a rented hospital bed in my living room, four surgeries (one more expected in a few years), and a permanent set of problems walking, sitting, bending over etc.
But I'm alive, which probably wouldn't be the case if I hadn't hit that structure on the way down. Definitely a sobering experience.