Police officer catches baby dropped from window of burning home

Body cam footage shows the moment a baby was thrown from a window and caught by an officer during a house fire. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. A split screen image. On the left, a house on fire. On the right, body cam footage with a baby's legs dangling from the top. Police officer catches baby dropped from window of burning home Body cam footage shows the moment a baby was caught by a police officer, after a mother threw the infant from a window during a house fire in Kalamazoo, in the US state of Michigan. After arriving on the scene, the officer spotted the mother through the upstairs window. He told her to kick out the screen window and drop her baby to him. He then caught the baby moments later. 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