amazing escape for baby in paris

[PerpetuallyAnnoyedByHeadlice]

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that story has the hairs on my neck stood on end, and a lump in my throat, what an absolutely amazing story, well done that man.

It's completely incredible.

Wow! How amazing!

There was recently a similar story about a little boy being caught by a shop keeper when he fell from an escalator in Turkey (I think).

Yes, lucky baby but unfortunately it could have been prevented in the first place. (baby and 4 year old child were home alone I gather)

omg!!!

"Playing unsupervised" isn't necessarily the same as "home alone".

That's true OldLady but surely if the parent (s) were around in the apartment/home then they could have given the police a bit more of an idea of what had happened?

true OLDKN

but

"The police spokesman said the circumstances behind the accident were unclear. "The parents were absent, and it's a bit difficult questioning the two girls, given their age.""

"the parents were absent". If the parents were in another room I think they would have reported that the parents were "in the bathroom/kitchen" or wherever rather than "absent"

Not if they weren't in the same room. (I'm thinking only one parent in the flat, and s/he's cooking a meal in the kitchen, while the girls played in the living room?)

x-post MaMo

Anyway, thankfully the baby did not come to physical harm.

Yes, at least the child is safe. :)

jesus, where the hell where the parents? it said they were absent
great reaction from the man. well done.

it's a bit difficult questioning the two girls.....

presumably if the parents had been in the kitchen then when the police arrived on the scene they would have been able to tell them "I was in the kitchen/doing a shit/washing my hair" no??

Oh, I started a thread about it as well!

Just had a look at Le Parisien and apparently it was a 14 mo boy. It was the older man who alerted his son who then caught the baby. He was a doctor!

Parents left the children alone in the room for few moments. They have been arrested for child neglect.

On another thread in Chat someone said that the parents were in another room. So it is a bit unclear.

I'm xposting with everyone at the moment. :)

BBC says 18 month old girl

and no mention of the parents anywhere in their article (as yet)

Ah, but I am in Paris so get the right sources of information

\link{http://www.leparisien.fr/actualites-informations-direct-videos-parisien\I can't speak French) but it says 18 month old there too

\link{http://www.leparisien.fr/actualites-informations-direct-videos-parisien\try again}

So this story says a girl, caught by a man alerted by his son, but another story says a boy caught by a young man after his father alerted him? How many babies fall out of Parisien windows in any given week?

No, they have rectified it- it was 14 mo boy.

ahh - so they're a bit slow on the old updating of details

Here

www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/bebe-indemne-apres-une-chute-du-7e-etage-les-parents-en-garde-a-vue-01-11-2010-1132012.php

ahh that's the same website - one page says 14 months, the other says 18 months (same news source)

I wish I could speak french