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."
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I missed the "s" key. It was a terrific act of common sense and courage. My "humor gene" is dominant.
How so?
So we can give this woman a tryout, during which we'll chuck babies at her from different angles so we can test out her range. If she can catch, say, 3 out of 5 babies going back, to her left, to her right, etc., and she can hit .250, I say she replaces Trot in right field.
AGREED!
Okay, that hurts.
The state needs to bug out of this and leave it for the family to tend the issue. Theoretically the boys SHOULD have been old enough. Since when do states make the baby-sitter rules?
Getting the baby before he falls is the best plan. It's a good thing the back-up plan worked.
What is remarkable is that they came along, she dispatched her son up the steps and she prepared to make the catch, all right away. Most folks would have wasted time calling 911 or looking for somebody else to help.
The baby was lucky that these two were the ones walking by.
>>>The mother of this child needs to be investigated.
The state needs to bug out of this and leave it for the family to tend the issue. Theoretically the boys SHOULD have been old enough. Since when do states make the baby-sitter rules?>>>
You are a sad sad person. The state needs to bug out of a situation where a mother leaves an INFANT with other CHILDREN and the infant falls from a three story building. Uhhh, ok. I suppose next you'll tell me that it's just natural selection and we should leave it alone?
And the state make babysitting laws since people like you have no common sense to know what the appropriate age is for leaving babies at home with other children.
I think Mo Vaughn might have better range than she does, based on the photo.
You're precisely correct in your post. This woman and her son did everything correctly within their power to save the infant girl's life. Talk about grace under pressure and a fantastic ending to the story!
~ Blue Jays ~
This season has been an abortion.
LOL. So true.
ROFL!! Your comment is really funny.
Even though this is a both a terrible story and a heroic ending, I'm glad to see the American sense of humor pop up here and there.
...and you're into nanny-statism. I was babysitting when I was 11-years-old. Of 'course I'm female which made me much more intelligent, capable, and mature in the knowledge of childcare. An 11-year-old boy wouldn't have been able to deal.
Given another generation or so, the fallers will outnumber the catchers.
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