For the past 10 years, one Georgia fireman has dedicated his life to saving others in emergency situations. And now, he credits all those years of training and experience for making an impossible rescue.
When a Georgia apartment complex caught on fire recently, firefighters from the DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department rushed to the scene. Firefighter Robert Sutton was one of the first to arrive and immediately started working to put the fire out.
Yet as he worked, Sutton heard a man yelling from a second story window. “He was a little guy, so when I heard his father yelling ‘Help’, and saw him hanging out the window with the baby in his arms, I just went into action. I just did what any of the other firefighters out here would have done,” Sutton said. “I just said ‘Drop him.’ He did and I am blessed to have been in a position to catch the baby.”
“It was my first time in a situation like that,” said Sutton, who made sure the baby was ok before going back and helping the crew get the baby’s father down. “I just hope that this helps people understood the hard work and training that goes into being a firefighter,” Captain Tom Burrell said. “There’s not really one thing that prepares you for what Firefighter Sutton and his colleagues encountered yesterday. It’s good training. It’s years of experience and having a good sense of situational awareness. I’m just really proud.”
Sutton has since been hailed a hero for making the impossible catch, but he claims he was just doing his job and was luckily at the right place at the right time. “I grew up in this community and it’s just an honor to be able to help people here and work with the great guys I work with. We do this together and I’m just happy and blessed to be able to help that father and his baby. It’s our job,” said Sutton. “I’m just glad they were both ok.”
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Fireman Catches Baby Thrown Out A Window Of Burning Building is an article from: LifeDaily