That popular and quite inaccurate definition of insanity, erroneously attributed to Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain, "... doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results," might apply here, especially since it is in fact the definition of persistence. (You must remember that little engine …)
Anyway, I think DonDiego will find his way back in. My original childhood hero, Don Diego de la Vega, generally used the window.