A video of a man who saved a three-year-old from a burning house has since gone viral.
Like it’s said “not all heroes wear cape,” this man has proven to be a saviour in the midst of the horrible occurrence.
The man who was reported to be a former high school football player from Michigan saved the boy after his mother tossed him from the third-story balcony of a burning apartment.
The brave man who is identified as Phillip Blanks made a diving catch, securing the boy just before he hit the ground.
Check out the footage:
LIFESAVING CATCH: Eyewitness video shows Phillip Blanks – a former college wide receiver – sprint to the scene of a third-floor apartment fire in Phoenix before catching a small child thrown from a balcony; the mother of the child did not survive. https://t.co/CyIuiva87p pic.twitter.com/egzOxE5bFr
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From the video, people could be heard screaming from the building and a baby was thrown from the balcony falling into the arms of 28-year-old ex-marine.