Off-duty Tennessee fireman catches baby dropped from third-floor

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - An off-duty Chattanooga firefighter who managed to catch a baby thrown from the third-floor window of a burning building said on Friday he was in the right place in the right time.

"I had to dive and actually catch the baby in my arms cause we both hit the ground at the same time," Chattanooga Fire Lieutenant Vernon Lane, 41, said at a news conference in Chattanooga.

The 15-year fire department veteran said the mother threw the baby and jumped after her 10-month-old, landing on Lane's back. She also survived without any serious injuries.

Lane, who lived in the same building as the woman at Hidden Creek Apartments when it caught fire late on Thursday night, is now being feted as a hero. But he lost most of his belongings in the fire, which took 50 firefighters one hour to extinguish.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/off-duty-tennessee-fireman-catches-baby-dropped-third-223311605.html

[jwirr]

1. Now this is a real person who deserves a GoFundMe page.

[William Seger]

9. Nobody deserves to be exploited by GoFundMe vultures

GoFundMe takes 5% of all donations for providing the same service that Facebook provides for free: hosting a web page with a "Donate" button.

[jwirr]

10. Well we do not seem to have any other way of getting help out to people

unless we live next to them.

And I was not promoting GoFundMe I was saying in my own way that this man is a hero and in need of help.

[William Seger]

11. Yes, I agree, and I'm just saying...

... nobody needs GoFundMe to do that. To use any of those services, you need to open an account with a real payment processor like PayPal and pay their fees, and if you have to do that anyway, you can create a page on Facebook describing the fund-raising drive and put a Donate button on it, which is all that GoFundMe is doing for their 5% cut. It just really makes me angry to see those services so shamelessly exploiting misery and compassion.

[jwirr]

12. Totally agree.

[truebluegreen]

2. Indeed.

[montana_hazeleyes]

3. Wonderful Story!

We have so many hurtful and bad stories it's great to read about this hero and the lives he saved.

[historylovr]

4. K & R

[tavalon]

5. A genuinely good person at just the right place and right time

Kudos to Mr. Lane.

[Uncle Joe]

6. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Little Tich.

[Sunlei]

7. wow, this Fireman is brave and a Hero! a 'super-hero' I hope his back is ok!

Thanks for posting this great news story!

[SCantiGOP]

8. I have an idea

The community will step up and help this person financially.

[Judi Lynn]

13. What a fine, good man. It's a boost knowing people like him are among us! n/t