Baby Saved From Fire by Being Thrown From Building
Ludwigshafen, Germany - If there weren’t pictures to prove it, people might have a hard time believing a loving father threw his child multiple stories to waiting rescuers below. This dangerous gamble was taken against an almost certain death in a smoke-filled burning building where, in the end, nine other people perished. The baby, however, survived. Rescuers managed to catch and save the baby from below.
The wreckage is still too unsafe to check for further survivors, police say, and the cause of the fire has yet to be revealed. The building had over 50 residents and more than half either died or were taken to the hospital in critical condition. Many of those who did escape were force to follow the infant’s lead and leap from windows as staircase escape routes were choked with flames and smoke.
The damage could have been far worse had rescue workers not been nearby at a celebration. Multiple rescue workers were also hurt while trying to rescue people from the building and put out the fire though none sustained serious injuries.
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Just to note, this house has been set on fire by Neo-nazis in Germany, victims are Turks..
Sadly, this illustrates the importance of having an escape plan in case of a fire. There should always be at least TWO escape points from each room. Obviously, the door into the room would be one, and if the other is a window, that window should either lead to a fire escape, or, if your home is a two-story one, it should have a fire escape ladder capable of reaching all the way to the ground. These ladders are portable, compact and are available online. They are not cheap. But aren’t the lives of your loved ones worth the price? And, most importantly, every family should have an escape route AND PRACTICE THAT ROUTE!! If you have an escape ladder, teach the children how to deploy the ladder and how to climb down it. Make inquires to your local fire department to see if they will assist you in formulating an escape plan. They should also have brochures to help you become aware of what you can do to PREVENT the fires. There should be at least two smoke detectors in every home. One in the kitchen area, and one in the bedroom area. And, at least once every 3 or 4 months, you should have a fire drill with your family, to escape the house WITHOUT HESITATION.
Why should you care about such things? Well, as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Fire Sciences, and having been in the field for 32 years, I have had seen too many photos of burned bodies…babies in cribs, little children in their bunk beds, or worse yet, found hiding in a closet to escape the smoke and flames, grandparents who weren’t able to escape because of their infirmities. Had smoke detectors been used (CHECK THOSE BATTERIES!), or an escape route planned out, or just knowing to CRAWL out of the smoke (the difference in temperature from head-height down to crawling height can vary by HUNDREDS of degrees), these deaths may have been prevented.
As you can see, I am very passionate about the subject…more importantly, YOU should be passionate about it…THE LIVES OF YOUR LOVED ONES ARE AT STAKE!
I assumed the father died? It says “9 OTHER people perished…”
Father didn’t die..
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gzSPaaRb3ckbuTuSv2QHj9IZkxCAD8UK875O0
“The parents also survived, although the mother was still in a hospital Tuesday”
Imagine the feeling of having to throw your baby out the window and not knowing if it will live or not!
-Amber
there is no proof whether the building was set on fire on purpose or burned down by accident. the nazi-comment is only speculation.
so far they are _investigating_ arson
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,533293,00.html
Of course the first comment had to come from someone called “Mehmet”. There’s absolutely no proof or even indication that Nazis did it. I’m not trying to defend fascism or anything, I just don’t want people to jump to conclusions.
There has not been any known evidence that this fire was caused by anybody on purpose, and especially the claim that it was caused by neonazis is pure opinion making. Turkish observers have been welcomed at the location and invited to work together with German ones to solve the mystery of what happened.
Yes, Germany has problems with racism and fascism in some parts, and yes, integration of all sorts of foreigners has not worked as well as in a lot of other countries. But prematurely claiming this incident to be a neonazi crime, doesn’t help anybody.
I am sorry for the families’ loss.