It just kept spinning around with its legs outspread and then BOOM.
Okay, I’ll bite.
And then…?
It exploded? Next time don’t put so many firecrackers in. 
Cite, please!
I know of one cat – belonging to a friend of my folks’ – that survived a fall from a 14th-story balcony. Lost some teeth, broke a leg, and put a -huge- dent in some poor fella’s MG.
And my sisters cat, “Spooky” used to have a habit of hurling itself at the window-screens in her 6th-floor apartment. Twice, it “surfed” or glided a considerable distance on the screen, landing in the middle of traffic on Stoney Plain Road, (which I think is 8 lanes- I forget.)
Anyway, the third time it wasn’t so lucky.
Silly-assed cat.
I’ve read that cats are more likely to survive higher than lower falls. It gives them time to splay-out and achieve their maiximum wind resistance. I don’t remember if that window of opportunity is reached within 16 floors, though.
It just fell? All on it’s own? And at the time you happened to be close enough to look over the balcony in that 5 second window before it hit the ground? Really? Wow, that’s pretty cool.
So What Happened?
“BOOM” seems to hint at a less-than-happy ending, if you ask me.
This is not funny.
I always thought it would make a SPLAT sound.