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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.
“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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