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Passer-by catches baby in 3-story fall
The Denver Post ^
| 10/01/2006
| By Felisa Cardona
Posted on 10/02/2006 7:33:05 AM PDT by rawhide
The 9-month-old, left alone by young babysitters, was dangling from a railing before losing her grip.
The baby girl's tiny hand was wrapped around the third-floor railing of a Denver condominium complex, her feet dangling over the sidewalk below.
Mary Bussey and her son Brandon, who were on their way to his football game Saturday afternoon, saw the baby hovering above their heads.
The 9-month-old girl was crying, left alone while she was supposed to be in the care of her 13- and 10-year-old uncles, Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said Sunday.
The baby's teenage mother left the girl with her brothers while she went to work Saturday, Jackson said.
The boys wandered off and left the front door open, allowing the baby to crawl out onto therailing at the Shadow Wood condominiums at 3141 S. Tamarac Drive.
"I thought someone was hanging on to the baby from the other side," Bussey said. "I thought, 'What a rotten trick."'
But Bussey quickly realized that there was no trick and nobody was holding on to the baby.
Bussey told 13-year-old Brandon to run up the stairs and grab the baby before she fell. Bussey positioned herself under the railing.
"Her little fist was the only thing hanging on. The poor little thing could not hold on anymore," Bussey said.
Brandon didn't make it to the third floor. As the baby let go of the railing, Bussey put out her arms.
"I was very scared," Bussey said. "All I could say was, 'Don't drop. Don't drop."'
The little girl fell, and Bussey caught her.
"It's a really weird feeling having a baby fall in your arms," she said. "I held her to my body and hugged her. She completely stopped crying."
(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baby; balcony; catches; falls
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posted on
10/02/2006 7:33:06 AM PDT
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
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posted on
10/02/2006 7:34:40 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
To: rawhide
Thank GOD!!!
Wow, 13 and 10 year old boys?? I wouldn't leave my 9 mo old with 13 and 10 year old GIRLS and they tend to be more maternal and mature earlier.
The mother of this child needs to be investigated. In Georgia, you have to be 14 before you can be left in charge of another child.
3
posted on
10/02/2006 7:34:57 AM PDT
by
sandbar
To: rawhide
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posted on
10/02/2006 7:35:02 AM PDT
by
urroner
To: rawhide
Well done! Give that woman a medal.
5
posted on
10/02/2006 7:35:03 AM PDT
by
ahayes
(My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure.)
To: rawhide
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posted on
10/02/2006 7:35:11 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Tagline wanted...inquire within)
To: rawhide
The baby: "like, what's the big deal?"
7
posted on
10/02/2006 7:35:53 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: rawhide
Thank God and may He bless that woman and her son.
8
posted on
10/02/2006 7:35:56 AM PDT
by
kenth
(There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count, and those who can't.)
To: rawhide
Quick thinking on the part of the passer-by. Good for her! She deserves some sort of medal!
9
posted on
10/02/2006 7:36:27 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(Non-evangelical Atheist)
To: rawhide
10
posted on
10/02/2006 7:37:13 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Say Leftists. How many Nazis did killing Nazis in WW2 create? or Samurai? or Fascists?)
To: 1rudeboy
The baby: "like, what's the big deal?" The baby: "Do it AGAIN!"
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posted on
10/02/2006 7:37:43 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: rawhide
Thank God she didn't spike the baby after catching it.
12
posted on
10/02/2006 7:37:43 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: Suzy Quzy
Award custody to Mary Bussey, jail the mother (and deport her afterwards, if appropriate)
To: rawhide
Oh my God - my heart raced just reading this article. I have a little one-year old girl, and the thought of this just sent chills up my spine.
Thank the Lord she is safe!
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posted on
10/02/2006 7:38:13 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
("In America, women can vote but horse cannot. It is other way around in my country" - Borat)
To: rawhide
To: rawhide
One just never knows when their 15 minutes of fame strikes.
In this case, miraculous perfect timing.
16
posted on
10/02/2006 7:38:40 AM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: kenth
Thank God and may He bless that woman and her son.Amen! And may he protect her from her irresponsible parent(s)!
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posted on
10/02/2006 7:38:57 AM PDT
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
To: Suzy Quzy
It's good to know the baby had some soft stuff to fall into :) In all seriousness...good job to this good samaratan and good citizen!!!
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posted on
10/02/2006 7:39:08 AM PDT
by
Hildy
To: Suzy Quzy
The baby's teenage mother """
Our society is morally and spiritually very ill.
To: sandbar
The mother of this child needs to be investigated.sterilized.
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posted on
10/02/2006 7:40:15 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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