Baby Is Tossed 3 Stories to Safety During Fire
United Press International
NEW YORK —
A screaming mother holding her 4-month-old baby above flames in their burning Brooklyn apartment Monday tossed the child down three stories to passers-by, who caught the infant in a coat held as a safety net.
The mother was overcome by smoke and rescued by a fireman on a ladder.
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