# Father throws baby from burning building

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-throws-baby-from-burning-building/436365>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 5, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-throws-baby-from-burning-building/436365 "2008-02-05T10:12:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-throws-baby-from-burning-building/436365/1 "2008-02-05T10:12:29Z")

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BBC video [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7220000/newsid_7227600/7227692.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&bbcws=1).

Oh my. With no one ready to catch the child I can only imagine the man’s desparation.

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-throws-baby-from-burning-building/436365/2 "2008-02-05T10:20:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Quartz]  
Oh my. With no one ready to catch the child I can only imagine the man’s desparation.  
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I’ve no sound here, but according to this mornings paper there was a policeman waiting to catch the kid. Still, a tense moment all round.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-throws-baby-from-burning-building/436365/3 "2008-02-05T10:21:22Z")

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There is a better gallery of pictures [here](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23163131-2,00.html) - amazing. How much would that kid have weighed for the catcher?

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**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-throws-baby-from-burning-building/436365/4 "2008-02-05T13:22:11Z")

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Wow. I wonder if the parents made it out.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-throws-baby-from-burning-building/436365/5 "2008-02-05T13:51:44Z")

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[QUOTE=don’t ask]  
There is a better gallery of pictures [here](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23163131-2,00.html) - amazing. How much would that kid have weighed for the catcher?  
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Wet finger in the air - probably about five times its true weight figuring the force needed to decelerate it over about a metre and a half and considering the distance it’s fallen.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-throws-baby-from-burning-building/436365/6 "2008-02-05T13:57:10Z")

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Wow. Thank goodness the little guy was wearing a jumper.