Bodycam video from New Jersey officers caught the moment a 3-year-old was dropped from a second floor window by his father to escape a burning building.
BRUNSWICK, N.J. – The body camera of an officer in New Jersey caught the dramatic moment a child was dropped out the window of a burning building and into the arms of officers below.
A raging fire was coursing through an apartment complex in Brunswick, New Jersey, early Monday morning.believed they had fully evacuated the building when they saw a man stick his head out of a second story window.The first responders lined up on the ground below as the man disappeared back into the apartment, reappearing with his 3-year-old son. The group below yelled at the father to “pass the baby,” and the man dropped the child into their outstretched arms.
The officers then regroup to catch the father as he pulls himself out of the window headfirst and drops to the ground. Police say both the father and child suffered minor injuries.