| Man Catches Tot Who
Fell Three Floors
KISSIMMEE,
Fla. -- A 2-year-old girl fell three stories from a resort
walkway and safely into the arms of a man who had been reading a book
by the pool and raced to save her.
The momentum sent both crashing into a bush, but the girl only
suffered a bump and some scratches Saturday.
"I just happened to be at the right place at the right
time," Alan Burns, 43, said Wednesday.
Burns said he was enjoying his weekend getaway at the Dorsan
Suites when he heard a woman screaming. He looked up to see the
toddler hanging from a railing on an outdoor walkway.
Burns and the woman ran underneath the child when the girl let
go and fell into Burns' arms.
The baby's mother showed up several minutes later and was arrested
on a charge of child neglect, police said. The woman was released
on $1,000 bail.
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