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Baby saved after being dropped from third-storey inferno
Guardian ^ | 2/05/08 | Elizabeth Stewart

Posted on 02/05/2008 3:54:29 AM PST by Libloather

Edited on 02/05/2008 4:00:31 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Residents throw a baby to waiting members of the fire brigade during a fire in an apartment building on February 3 2008 in the western German town of Ludwigshafen.

Onlookers watched in horror as desperate parents dropped their baby from the third storey window of a German apartment block to escape an inferno which engulfed the building, claiming the lives of at least nine people, including five children.


(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baby; dropped; fire; germany

1 posted on 02/05/2008 3:54:31 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Comin' at ya!

2 posted on 02/05/2008 4:06:55 AM PST by billorites (Freepo ergo sum)
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To: billorites

3rd Floor in UK/Germany = 4th Floor in US


3 posted on 02/05/2008 5:18:28 AM PST by August West (To each according to his ability, from each according to his need...)
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To: Libloather

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/feb/05/germany?picture=332374942

That was a long drop.


4 posted on 02/05/2008 5:23:16 AM PST by Damocles (MexAmeriCananda - Coming Soon To A Global Economy Near You!)
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