Boy, 13, falls 20 floors while doing homework on balcony

A 13-year-old boy has died after falling 20 stories from the balcony of his New York City apartment. 

The young teen, who the New York Post has named as Matthew Pierre, was found unresponsive and shirtless on the ground outside the high-rise building in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighbourhood at 6am on Monday (local time).

Earlier in the morning the boy had been doing his homework on the 20th-floor apartment’s terrace while his sister and mum were inside, the publication said.