Ex-Football Player Catches Toddler Thrown From The Balcony During A Fire Outbreak

By Samantha in Amazing On 12th July 2020
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#1 The baby was thrown from the balcony by his mother in a desperate attempt to save his life

An emotional and dramatic video shows a former college football wide receiver running forward to desperately catch a baby who is thrown from the burning balcony by his mother in an effort to save his life. The 3-year-old boy who was thrown off a burning third-story balcony in Phoenix.

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#2 The situation did not give Philip enough time to think and he immediately sprang into action

Phillip Blanks, 28, said he immediately sprang into action when he heard shouting outside his apartment and dashed outside without even wearing his footwear. What Phillip saw next gave him no time to think about anything else. He saw a woman getting ready to throw a boy from the balcony to a man standing down while the whole apartment was engulfed in angry flames.

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“There wasn’t much thinking,” Blanks told KABC of his response. “I just reacted. I just did it.”

Blanks got to the boy just as his mother frantically screamed “Grab him,” video shows. The former wideout at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, and former US Marine attributed his clutch hands to time spent on the gridiron.

“I know how to catch,” Blanks told KABC. “I learned how to catch a football. So I’ll give some credit to football.”

The boy came down “twirling in the air like a propeller,” Blanks said.

“His ankle got twisted up as I was diving,” Blanks continued. “The guy who was there with me — it looked like he wasn’t going to catch him. So that’s why I stepped in. I just wanted to make a better catch.”

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#3 “She’s the real hero of the story”

Unfortunately, the boy's 30-year old mother did not survive the fire. “She’s the real hero of the story,” Blanks told the station. “Because she made the ultimate sacrifice to save her children.”

The boy and his 8-year old sister were critically injured because of the fire.

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#4 He wants to be assured that the kids are safe with their family after the incident

Phillip told WWMT he now wants to “track down” the two children, as well as their father, to help them during their recovery as much as possible.

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