A child is playing with a remote-controlled racecar on the fire escape of a sixth-floor apartment. An accidental turn sends the car through the railing and over the edge of the fire escape. Explain why the time

it takes for the car to fall does not depend on the speed the racecar had when it drove off the fire escape

wasn't the speed of the car directed horizontally? Gravity works on vertical speed.

The child should be removed from his parent's control, if they fail to supervise him on fire escapes. How did those on the ground react?