Fallen teen taken to Oklahoma

The Booker teenager who fell more than 40 feet at an Indianapolis mall in October was expected to be transported to an Oklahoma City children’s hospital today, his father said last week.
Philip Caler, a 16-year-old sophomore at Booker High School, fell 41 feet from a mall escalator Oct. 22 while visiting the FFA national convention in Indianapolis. Caler had spent the past two months at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Caler, who is still in a coma, was moved to Triumph Hospital in Amarillo Dec. 23 after nearly two months in Indianapolis. His family decided to move him to Oklahoma City to give him more specialized care.
Father Gary Caler said his son is still making progress and the additional move this week didn’t mean his condition was worsening. In fact, Philip is showing better response to stimuli and is opening his eyes more and more.
Philip suffered a litany of injuries including breaking six vertebrae in the fall that had him ricochet off the second-story railing.