I had the misfortune of seeing a squirrel that fell from a 30-foot-tall tree and broke a hip. Fortunately, there was someone who decided to help it survive but

I had the misfortune of seeing a squirrel that fell from a 30-foot-tall tree and broke a hip. Fortunately, there was someone who decided to help it survive but it was likely to have died had it been in an area where no one could have helped. So yes, he could have died from the results of a fall but he survived the fall.