10-year-old girl catches newborn dropped from second-story window
Published: 2013 July 30 14:26:34 (5285 Views)
A little Georgia girl has been hailed a hero for catching a baby dropped from a second-story apartment window during a fire.
Zna Gresham, just 10, caught the tiny newborn as she plunged 20 feet to the ground.
The infant was one of three kids launched out of the Atlanta block's window by a desperate mom whose home was quickly being overcome with flames.
The little girl came to the terrified mother's rescue after she was forced to make the life-or-death decision to toss her baby from the burning apartment's window.
Her two other children, ages 2 and 3, hit the ground and sustained minor injuries.
"The lady upstairs, she was dropping her babies," Gresham told WSB Radio. "I caught the newborn baby from falling; before it hit the ground, I had caught it."
DeKalb County Fire Battalion Chief Christopher Morrison said the mom had no other option but to drop her children.
"The smoke was rising so quickly to the upper floors, they couldn't make their way outside their upper apartment into the hallway because of the smoke," he told WSB Radio.
"They just went to a window and they threw the child outside to the people, to the neighbours, down on the ground," Morrison added.
Two adults were hospitalised in the incident. Both are expected to survive. Fire investigators think the blaze started in a first-floor kitchen.
- NYDaily
Zna Gresham, just 10, caught the tiny newborn as she plunged 20 feet to the ground.
The infant was one of three kids launched out of the Atlanta block's window by a desperate mom whose home was quickly being overcome with flames.
The little girl came to the terrified mother's rescue after she was forced to make the life-or-death decision to toss her baby from the burning apartment's window.
Her two other children, ages 2 and 3, hit the ground and sustained minor injuries.
"The lady upstairs, she was dropping her babies," Gresham told WSB Radio. "I caught the newborn baby from falling; before it hit the ground, I had caught it."
DeKalb County Fire Battalion Chief Christopher Morrison said the mom had no other option but to drop her children.
"The smoke was rising so quickly to the upper floors, they couldn't make their way outside their upper apartment into the hallway because of the smoke," he told WSB Radio.
"They just went to a window and they threw the child outside to the people, to the neighbours, down on the ground," Morrison added.
Two adults were hospitalised in the incident. Both are expected to survive. Fire investigators think the blaze started in a first-floor kitchen.
- NYDaily
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