Miracle catch saves baby

Luba · 12-17-2005, 07:32 PM

Apt. fire: Mom throws month-old son from third floor 'Province' article:

NEW YORK--A mother cornered by smoke and flames in her burning apartment prayed as she tossed her one-month-old baby from a third-floor window to the crowd below.
I said "God, please save my son," a weeping Tracinda Foxe, 30, told the
Daily News."I prayed that someone would catch him and save his life."
Her prayers were answered by Felix Vazquez, 39, a Housing Authority supervisor and former lifeguard, who made the catch and gave the baby mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
"I didn't think, I just reacted,"Vazquez, a catcher on his local baseball team, said after the rescue.
Moments later, firefighters burst into the apartment and gave Foxe an oxygen mask. Mother and son were treated in hospital and released.

darkangelism · 12-17-2005, 10:42 PM

it was crazy, watching the baby fall that far, they had it on video, so it was all over the news.

RandomSkater · 12-18-2005, 12:43 AM

Here's a link to that video:
http://www.break.com/articles/babycatch.html?t=4440
NOTE: there can be some links to not so good websites there, but nothing really bad.

Star · 12-18-2005, 07:33 AM

wow! the baby's very lucky to be alive. that guy is a hero for sure!!!

Luba · 12-18-2005, 09:35 AM

It's wonderful to hear heart-warming stories like that, that out of what could have been a terrible tragedy, instead Mother and child are doing fine...yes, indeed, that man is a true hero!