Does Sherlock Holmes Survive Reichenbach Falls?

There were enough holes in eyewitness accounts to allow Doyle to plausibly resurrect Holmes; only the few free surviving members of Moriarty's organisation and Holmes' brother Mycroft (who appears briefly in this story) know that Sherlock Holmes is still alive, having won the struggle at the Reichenbach Falls

How did Sherlock survive the Reichenbach Fall?

The members of his Homeless Network then rolled out an inflatable mattress and posed as shocked bystanders, so all Sherlock had to do was jump and land on the mattress, and with the help of a squash ball under his arm, he stopped his pulse long enough for Watson to check if he was dead.

Did Sherlock Holmes die at the falls?

So in a story titled "The Adventure of the Final Problem," published 1893, Holmes dies after falling off a cliff while battling his arch-nemesis, the evil Professor Moriarty. ... See, Sherlock Holmes was a bit like the Harry Potter of his day.