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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Catching a playground ball dropped from three stories would be a challenge. Not to mention the gentle "give" the catcher needed to provide to avoid injuring the baby in the process. It is akin to the challenging "egg toss" game we used to play at parties as kids. This woman is an absolute angel from heaven to have caught that baby.
~ Blue Jays ~
No new laws! You cannot outlaw stupidity.
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For sure.
First, no abortion, second, trying to earn aliving by WORKING, third, sometimes things happen. We have six, and if ours were pulled everytime something happen4ed that could have been prevented somehow, we would be childless now. We either want a nanny state or we don't.
I know this is overly broad, but give the pool girl a break, she's doing her best with the resources available. Btw, this is just a general post, not in response to any particular prior post.
I thought about it...but my serious side took control :)
>>>13 is old enough for most responsible youth to babysit, provided they have domonstrated some level of responsibility. Obviously, this 13 year old is not competent enough and the mother used poor judgement. I was babysitting 3 to 7 year olds when I was 12. >>>>
There is a HUGE difference between a 3-7 year old and 9 month old.
Knee jerk reaction alert.
What a life this baby appears to have ahead of her.
Angels are everywhere.
"On Sunday, the child was returned to her mother because the mother did have a babysitter - her 13-year-old brother - assigned to watch the girl, Whitman said.
From the article:On Sunday the child was returned to her mother because the mother did have a babysitter-her 13 year old brother-assigned to watch the baby, Whitman said.
If a babysitter left my kid alone, I would not give them a second chance.
Even WMP and Manny can catch balls that fall from directly above them. The problem is they have awful range and should only DH. We have 3 DHs.
Interesting choice, mom sending son up the stairs rather than letting football-playing son take a chance on the catch. I guess she figured that he could make it up the stairs quicker.
Yeah. She's pretty cool, alright.
Well, she needs to get out of that nuthouse, at the very least. The next time she may not be so lucky.
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