{"id":62,"date":"2026-05-21T18:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:09:20","slug":"watch-the-moment-police-officer-catches-baby-thrown-from-burning-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: The Moment Police Officer Catches Baby Thrown From Burning Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>A police officer\u2019s body-worn camera captured the dramatic moment when he caught a baby who was thrown from the second floor of a burning home.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=60\">Trump Takes Massive Step To Ramp Up Deportations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The officer was responding to a house fire in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and was able to locate a woman and her baby trapped on the second floor at the rear of the home. Upon learning that the woman was unable to get downstairs with the baby, he instructed her to kick out the window screen and throw the baby down to him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTHROW ME YOUR KID\u201d: A police officer yelled up to a woman trapped on the top floor of a house before catching the baby in midair and helping the woman escape. https:\/\/t.co\/xEYaZoMIF3 pic.twitter.com\/ChCBVTlJ7f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) May 20, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMa\u2019am,\u201d the officer shouted as sirens screamed in the background. \u201cThrow me your kid! Kick out the screen! Kick out the screen!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video showed the woman attempting to kick the screen free from the window frame. A dispatcher could be heard on the radio, relaying information about the fire: \u201cWe do have entrapment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my God. I got contact on the B side,\u201d the officer said into his two-way. \u201cShe\u2019s trying to get the kid out the window, second story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=59\">Trump Takes Massive Step To Ramp Up Deportations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turning back to the window, he called to the woman again and urged her to drop the child. \u201cCome here, okay, hang on \u2026 okay \u2026 I got it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The baby then appeared in the frame, safe in the arms of the waiting police officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMa\u2019am! Ma\u2019am! Come out,\u201d he said, and then into the radio, \u201cCan I get someone on the B side? I got the baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other officers brought a ladder around the house so that the woman could climb down to safety. She was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation but sustained no injuries. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety stated that the cause of the fire was still under investigation, and noted that part of the roof had to be removed in order for them to fully extinguish the fire in the attic.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=57\">Spencer Pratt Reveals The Personal Reason He Became A Republican<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A police officer\u2019s body-worn camera captured the dramatic moment when he caught a baby who was thrown from the second floor of a burning home.The officer was responding to a house fire in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and was able to locate a woman and her baby trapped on the second floor at the rear of the home. Upon learning that the woman was unable to get downstairs with the baby, he instructed her to kick out the window screen and throw the baby down to him.WATCH:\u201cTHROW ME YOUR KID\u201d: A police officer yelled up to a woman trapped on the top floor of a house before catching the baby in midair and helping the woman escape. https:\/\/t.co\/xEYaZoMIF3 pic.twitter.com\/ChCBVTlJ7f\u2014 WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) May 20, 2026\u201cMa\u2019am,\u201d the officer shouted as sirens screamed in the background. \u201cThrow me your kid! Kick out the screen! Kick out the screen!\u201dThe video showed the woman attempting to kick the screen free from the window frame. A dispatcher could be heard on the radio, relaying information about the fire: \u201cWe do have entrapment.\u201d\u201cOh my God. I got contact on the B side,\u201d the officer said into his two-way. \u201cShe\u2019s trying to get the kid out the window, second story.\u201dTurning back to the window, he called to the woman again and urged her to drop the child. \u201cCome here, okay, hang on \u2026 okay \u2026 I got it!\u201dThe baby then appeared in the frame, safe in the arms of the waiting police officer.\u201cMa\u2019am! Ma\u2019am! Come out,\u201d he said, and then into the radio, \u201cCan I get someone on the B side? I got the baby.\u201dOther officers brought a ladder around the house so that the woman could climb down to safety. She was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation but sustained no injuries. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety stated that the cause of the fire was still under investigation, and noted that part of the roof had to be removed in order for them to fully extinguish the fire in the attic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: The Moment Police Officer Catches Baby Thrown From Burning Home - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=62\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WATCH: The Moment Police Officer Catches Baby Thrown From Burning Home - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A police officer\u2019s body-worn camera captured the dramatic moment when he caught a baby who was thrown from the second floor of a burning home.The officer was responding to a house fire in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and was able to locate a woman and her baby trapped on the second floor at the rear of the home. Upon learning that the woman was unable to get downstairs with the baby, he instructed her to kick out the window screen and throw the baby down to him.WATCH:\u201cTHROW ME YOUR KID\u201d: A police officer yelled up to a woman trapped on the top floor of a house before catching the baby in midair and helping the woman escape. https:\/\/t.co\/xEYaZoMIF3 pic.twitter.com\/ChCBVTlJ7f\u2014 WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) May 20, 2026\u201cMa\u2019am,\u201d the officer shouted as sirens screamed in the background. \u201cThrow me your kid! Kick out the screen! Kick out the screen!\u201dThe video showed the woman attempting to kick the screen free from the window frame. A dispatcher could be heard on the radio, relaying information about the fire: \u201cWe do have entrapment.\u201d\u201cOh my God. 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