Landen Hoffman was thrown 40 feet over a third-floor balcony in the Mall of America in Minnesota by a stranger six years ago in a crime that shocked the country. 

Now aged 11, Landen is thriving and miles away from the boy in the hospital bed who was fighting for his life with several broken bones, severe head trauma, and a life-threatening injury to his vena cava vein, the one that runs to your heart, his mother Kari Hoffman told DailyMail.com. 

The then-five-year-old was thrown over the balcony by Emmanuel Aranda on April 12, 2019, when Landen and his mother went to the Mall of America in Minneapolis to meet up with another friend and his mom for the Crayola Experience happening there.

While waiting to get inside, Aranda approached the two boys and even spoke with Kari, before grabbing young Landen and launching him over the third-floor railing. 

Kari ran down several escalators screaming for her son, who laid limp on the floor and she began praying to God.