After falling seven stories from her apartment window, Barbara Heller is very lucky to be alive.

Kelli Blue, a close friend of the 76 year old, described how awful it was to be in the next room as her friend, a retired teacher from Hunter College who has been having some breathing issues, fell out the window.

“I was putting dishes away, and I heard the crash. I went out on the terrace. I looked down and she was on the sidewalk! It was terrifying!” said Blue.

Blue says after speaking with her friend they believe Heller first hit a shed that’s on a second-floor terrace.

She then bounced off that and landed on a pallet of fruits and vegetables before she ended up on the sidewalk along 1st Avenue by East 81 Street.

Police say the fall took place just before noon Friday.

Blue told NY1 Heller broke both of her hips, three ribs, and injured her left ankle and that the timing could not have been worse.

“She just had spinal fusion in October and she just recovered from that! In fact, she was a fall risk and she had balance issues,” said Blue.

Kelli Blue also told us her friend Barbara is grateful for everyone’s well wishes and prayers.

However, she’s feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the attention.