Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishLanden 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. ‘So many miracles happened [since then],’ Kari said in a phone interview Friday with DailyMail.com. ‘It was a big, long journey. ‘It took time for him to be back to him… He had to learn who he was again.’ That journey of getting Landen ‘back’ took around three years and was rough on the whole family. Kari watched her son’s personality change from sweet and kind to angry and mean to back again. Landen Hoffman (pictured an hour before incident) was thrown 40 feet over a third-floor balcony in the Mall of America by a stranger six years ago this month Landen, pictured last month, is now 11 and miles away from the boy in the hospital bed who was fighting for his life with several broken bones and severe head trauma. He celebrated the launch of his mother’s book, Miracle at the Mall, in March Landen is pictured last month signing one of his mother’s books On April 12, 2019, Emmanuel Aranda (pictured) threw Landen over the balcony at Mall of AmericaLanden injured his frontal lobe, which plays a crucial role in personality and social behavior, among other various body parts. He underwent more than a dozen surgeries, temporarily took thyroid medication, and broke his leg for the second time during his rehabilitation – a moment Kari now claims was a miracle from God. As doctors and nurses were trying to get the young boy out of bed roughly four months into his healing journey, he broke his leg for the second time. Although the moment was devastating, they also discovered his vena cava vein was barely hanging on by a thread. If Landen had tried to keep walking on it, he could have died. Kari has relied heavily on her faith since the day of the attack and she believes God spoke to them in that moment, the same way she spoke to him when her son’s body crashed to the mall floor.’I cried out for God because I knew no person could save him, only God,’ she told DailyMail.com. ‘I did what I always do and pray.’ She said: ‘His leg broke a second time to tell us what it was.’ Since the horrific attack, Landen has had fun times with the Washington Capitals, a hockey team and one of his favorite sports, and celebrating many memories with his family. He’s pictured above in a photo from March 2024 Kari shared a photo to Facebook of the whole family in March 2024 Medics are seen at the scene of the attack back in 2019 Despite the terrifying experience it was for Kari, Landen doesn’t remember the fall, only his time in the hospital, which his mother made sure was anything but negative. ‘He says he wants to go back to the hospital,’ she told DailyMail.com. Kari has now written a book about their experiences entitled ‘Miracle at the Mall’ that was published last month.The mother-son duo made a visit to the kind nurses who cared for little Landen all those years ago to give out books. Landen annotated copies of the book for some readers, including telling a Mr. Satoh that ‘God moves mountains’ and ‘thanks for everything,’ Kari’s Facebook page shows. Since the horrific attack, Kari has shared photos to her Facebook of Landen enjoying a sunny vacation, with the Washington Capitals hockey team and celebrating with his family. But there’s one place Kari has not been since the attack – the Mall of America. ‘I don’t want to stand in that place again,’ Kari said. Landen and his mother Kari in 2023. He underwent more than a dozen surgeries, temporarily took thyroid medication, and broke his leg twice The only place they haven’t visited since is the Mall of America. ‘I don’t want to stand in that place again,’ Kari said. The mom and son are pictured during Landen’s recovery Mall of America in Minneapolis is seen above. Landen was thrown over the third floor balconyHowever, the family of five doesn’t look at the horrifying incident as a horrible event. ‘Nobody looks at this as a bad thing that happened to us, it was evil. What happened was evil,’ the religious mother said. Landen even ‘loves’ telling his story, the mother-of-three said. The moment made Landen more reverent in his faith and he often tells people: ‘God saved me, God’s real.’ Aranda, who threw Landen over the balcony after a woman rejected his advances, is in jail serving a 19-year sentence. Kari avoided learning anything about the court proceedings or about the man who attacked her son while it was happening, but since things have settled, she has found time to dip her toes in. She aware Aranda is up for parole in seven years, but she said she doesn’t have a feeling either way about his release, as long as he doesn’t harm anyone else. ‘It has been on my radar,’ she told DailyMail.com. ‘I don’t know anything about him.’ Landen shared drawings a message when signing one of his mother’s books Since then, Kari has learned to ‘pray first and to fight for your life’ and then leave your trust in God past that. For now, she’s just happy to have her son alive and returned to normal. ‘He’s back,’ she sighed in relief. Landen is pictured with his siblings Landen is seen in hospital during his recovery with his familyAranda, who had been banned from the mall in two other instances, told investigators he carried out the attack after ‘a woman rejected his advances’ and he was ‘looking for someone to kill’.Kari says the attack has taught her to ‘pray first and to fight for your life’ and then leave your trust in God past that. And for now, she’s happy to have her son alive and healthy.’He’s back,’ she sighed in relief.
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