A desperate Queens mom climbed halfway out of her window, then steeled herself to do the unthinkable — and the unavoidable — drop her baby from the third floor of a burning building, officials said.
Just then, mother and child were saved.
When firefighters arrived at the Rockaway Beach fire on Beach 91st St. near Rockaway Beach Blvd. at 2:20 a.m. Monday, the first two floors of the three-story building were on fire and the blaze was quickly spreading to the top floor.
“We witnessed the mother of the child hanging out the window. She was yelling that she was burning up and she was going to throw her baby out,” said Lt. Sean Hayden of Ladder 121, who helped make the rescue. “If we had been a minute later, I think the situation would’ve been a lot different.”