Video: See Brave man catching a child thrown out of high rise building on fire

A brave man was being applauded as a hero after he helped saved a baby thrown from a third-floor apartment that was on fire last Friday, July 3, 2020.

Phillip Blanks, a former college wide receiver and retired U.S. Marine was filmed in a heart-stopping video diving as he was catching a three-year-old boy as he was dropped from the balcony of the burning third-floor apartment in Phoenix, Arizona.

The 28-year-old said he was going for a workout with a friend who lived next door to the apartment when he heard the screaming and quickly rushed to the building to catch a young child he says was “twirling like a helicopter” as he fell through the air.

“People were screaming, ‘There are kids up there’ and to throw the kids down. I saw another guy was standing there ready to catch the boy, but he didn’t look like he was going to do it, so I stepped in front of him.”

The former college wide receiver caught the boy and brought him to safety, the news outlet reported. The toddler and his 8-year-old sister suffered critical injuries but their 30-year-old mother died in the blaze, authorities told the Arizona Republic.