Holy crap! Phillip Blanks, a former college football wr & marine, caught a child thrown from a burning building in this wild video... a bad situation that could have been much, much worse if not for his heroics!
VIA Touchdown Wire: Talk about the gift of grab. This one turns into the gift of life as former college football player Phillip Blanks makes an amazing catch of a child thrown from the third floor of a burning building in Phoenix.
Continued from ABC News: Blanks was a former U.S. Marine who played wide receiver at Saddleback College.
“Ultimately, this is my job,” Blanks said. “It was all fast, it was a blur. It was tunnel vision as I was running. I didn’t see anything but the baby.”” Blanks told ABC7 News. “He was twirling in the air like a propeller. I didn’t hear anything, I didn’t see anything else.”
The boy’s 30-year-old mother, Rachel Long, died in the fire.
“The mother, she is the real hero of the story because she made the ultimate sacrifice to get her children out,” Blanks said.
The boy and his 8-year-old sister, who was rescued by a different samaritan, “were rushed to the hospital with burns but are expected to survive,” according to ABC7 News.
Blanks served in the United States Marines Corps while spending time in 12 different countries.
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