VIDEO - "I heard a call for help, scanned the building and saw a dad coming out with his baby," North St. Paul Assistant Fire Chief Dustin Kalis said.
The video captured what is hard to imagine doing, and that's dropping your three-month-old baby off a second-story balcony.
But a North St. Paul dad said it was his only option.
The two were asleep Sunday afternoon when her crying woke him up.
He says by that time, there was too much smoke in the hallway of his apartment complex, so he knew to save her life, he'd have to drop her down to fire fighters.
Kalis said there was no time to react.