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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 11:58 AM
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Letter carrier catches falling baby
Source: CNN

ALBANY, New York (AP) -- A postal worker is credited with saving a 1-year-old girl's life by catching her after the baby fell out of a second-story window in Albany, New York.

Lisa Harrell was delivering mail to a home late Monday morning when she noticed a baby in a window above the front door. Harrell says the next thing she knew, the baby had fallen into her arms.

When the baby's mother realized what had happened, she ran outside and grabbed the girl from Harrell. The woman thanked Harrell and then ran down the street to her mother's house.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/22/baby.caught.ap/index.html


Wonder what religious beliefs that mom has, it seems to work. :O
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 11:59 AM
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1. I saw this on TV... What an amazing story. What are the odds that someone...
who wasn't even supposed to have been at that house, was there to catch this lucky little one?
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thoughtanarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:06 PM
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2. I think the Universe has plans for that kid.
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tomreedtoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:49 PM
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8. Maybe. Is the kid's name Damien?
And did his nanny commit suicide just a week ago?

I'll bet he's related to the Bushes.
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laylah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 04:00 PM
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12. I would have to agree...
and they aren't a future "boooooooosh" either. The Universe will be much kinder to us, at least for awhile.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:07 PM
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3. I saw that this morning...
the chances of that have to be 1 in 1,982,883,077,210
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:08 PM
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4. Carrier will probably get written up by her no good supervisor for
dereliction of duty (should have been delivering mail, not playing with children)
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:46 PM
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7. You must work for the Post Office -
x( certainly sounds like what would happen (that and they'd shave off 15 minutes of her projected delivery time b/c that's what she would have saved had she not stopped to go 'save some baby').
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 01:46 PM
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10. Doubtful. My father had a bad fall on the ice in his driveway last month
he couldn't get up and a letter carrier came to his assistance and got him back into his home. My dad wrote a letter of thanks to the post office and the carrier was given a small party by his supervisor in recognition of his good Samaritanism. Later, the carrier stopped by my father's home and thanked him for writing to his supervisor. He had tears in his eyes when he told him about the speech his supervisor gave, and how he had read my father's letter to all of his coworkers.They aren't all horrible.
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:27 PM
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5. Yeah, she caught the baby, but then returned her due to insufficient postage...
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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:44 PM
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6. heh
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olddad56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 09:42 PM
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15. good thing she had a return address
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 12:58 PM
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9. how nice to see some happy news!
Thanks for posting that!
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jdadd Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 03:52 PM
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11. Hmmm
The first thing that came to mind was...after the amazing catch,she did a dance,and spiked the baby...:evilgrin: I know....thats an old joke...
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 04:08 PM
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13. Wow. That's a lucky baby...
Good for Lisa Harrell!
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mikehiggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-22-08 06:44 PM
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14. Uhhh, folks? If you read the article you'd know the boy was
actually a girl (not that there's anything wrong with that :+) )

And is the rule for window guards only in effect in NYC?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 02:18 AM
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16. religious beliefs?
Edited on Wed Apr-23-08 02:19 AM by Skittles
it sounds like sheer fucking negligence and amazing good luck - Eric Clapton would know this :(
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 05:53 AM
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17. That was not a serious statement.
lol.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 08:03 AM
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18. Nice catch, Harrell.
Your Golden Glove is in the mail.

Seriously though, good work on her part.
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