Amazing video: 9-year-old catches his falling baby brother
by Michelle Stein posted in Mom Stories
The majority of harrowing parenting tales seem to begin with this phrase: "I turned my back for a moment when ..." Now fill in the blank:. ... my baby crawled over and ate dog food. ... my toddler slipped and hit his head on the coffee table. ... my 3-year-old decided to color the dining room wall -- with permanent marker.
A moment's distraction is exactly what one Florida mother of five experienced on Sept. 29. Tila Levia set her 11-month-old son, Eitan, on the changing table and then turned around to help another one of her children when it happened. Baby Eitan rolled off and plummeted 4 feet to the floor.
Fortunately, his 9-year-old brother, Joseph, saw the infant starting to flip over the edge of the changing table and jumped into action. With superhuman speed, Joseph was able to make it just in time to catch his baby brother. A nanny cam set up in the room captured the breathtaking save. Press play if you dare.
Can I open my eyes now" Although I knew the baby would be fine, watching that clip makes my heart race.
Big brother Joseph still isn't sure how he made the impossible save. "I would have never caught him. I can't run that fast, so I felt like something just came and pushed me forward and, when it happened, I just ran and caught him," Joseph told Fox 21 News. "I would never be able to do that again because I can't carry my brother."
Mom Tila was initially too embarrassed to share the vide...
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