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steve2470

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Thu Jul 9, 2020, 12:15 PM Jul 2020

Bittersweet story: "Former high school football player dove and caught a child dropped from the....

A former high school football player dove and caught a child dropped from the balcony of a burning building

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/07/09/child-dropped-balcony-fire-football-player-burning-building/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most

He looked up and saw a petrified woman on a third-floor balcony with a child. Flames quickly crept up behind her.

“People started yelling for the lady to throw her kids down,” Blanks said.

The mother dropped her son over the railing. As Blanks saw the small child falling, he dove forward, arms out.

“I immediately got tunnel vision of the baby and somehow managed to catch him,” Blanks said.


video at link

eta: changed subject line to bittersweet, since the mother died.
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Bittersweet story: "Former high school football player dove and caught a child dropped from the.... (Original Post) steve2470 Jul 2020 OP
Unfortunately, the mother did not survive. flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #1
yes that is the sad part :/ nt steve2470 Jul 2020 #2
Yes... I really think OP subject line might reflect the incredibly mixed nature of the "good news" hlthe2b Jul 2020 #3
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