Just before 11p.m. Wednesday night, Matthew Gray from Orrville, Ohio was out on his 19th floor balcony at the Wyndham Resort in Daytona Beach, when he told his family he was going to jump.
Family members quickly moved onto the balcony and grabbed a hold of the 27 year-old preventing him from jumping. Gray assured his family members that he was ok and they left him alone.
As the family members went back into the hotel room, Gray leaped over the ledge and fell 19 stories to land on the hood of a truck on the 8th floor.
After landing on the truck, Gray rolled over to fall off the side and landed on the pavement.
His injuries are considered life threatening.