A British woman who came to Florida as a tourist will leave as something of a hero.
Helen Beard was at an Orlando hotel's pool when she saw a 2-year-old girl hanging from one of the building's fourth-floor balcony railings on Wednesday night, the Orange County sheriff's office said, according to CNN affiliate WKMG.
Beard - on vacation from England - ran underneath the railing, and Jah-Nea Myles fell, striking the third-floor railing on the way down, sheriff's Cpl. Susan Soto told CNN, citing an officer's report. Beard caught Jah-Nea, but the child slipped from her arms and struck the ground, and witnesses called 911, Soto said.
Despite the fall, the girl - who was taken to a hospital - suffered no injuries, bruising or scratches and was in good health, medical personnel told a sheriff's officer. The officer also said the girl was playful and did not appear to be in pain, Soto said.
"It was a miracle" the child wasn't injured, sheriff's spokeswoman Denise Rollins said, according to WKMG.
The girl's mother, Helena Myles, who was staying at the hotel, told investigators she had left the child with a friend who was staying in an adjacent room, according to Soto. The friend said she was in a bathroom when she heard screaming coming from outside. She then looked outside and saw Jah-Nea on the ground with Beard, Soto said.
Beard told investigators she believed Jah-Nea may have slipped through the railing that was lining the fourth-floor balcony, according to the sheriff's office.
The Florida Department of Children and Families is investigating, but no charges were pending as of Thursday morning, according to WKMG.
3 floors beneath the 4th, about 27 feet to the ground, about 23 to the arms of Ms. Beard. The strike against the 3rd floor rail slowed the acceleration due to gravity at about 18 feet above her arms. She didn't catch the child, she just broke the fall, so the child slipped the last 4 feet to the ground at a sufficiently slow speed to prevent injury.
Nice job, Ms. Beard. You and Lady Luck got together and saved the child from serious injury or worse.
If she had dropped the kid, SHE would have been sued.
It's called good samaritan law, idiot. She wouldn't be able to get sued HERP DERP
So is the baby 1 years old or 2? on the CNN PAGE it says a 1 year old on the blog it states a 2 year old regardless it was still scary but just wanted clarification.
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and nick be careful what u say sometimes karma has a way of biting u in the a$$
She was faster than the sound and the light. The falling child was slower than a huge stone. I think there is no gravity in this earth anymore. So she is really super spiderwoman.
Jazzzzy, please go to sleep.
If you're going to lock yourself in the bathroom to pinch off a loaf, at least take the kid inside with you. They're two years old, for God's sake – I really doubt if they'll mind too much! DON"T let them out of eyesight for even 10 seconds!
Uhuh. And will the mother be prosecuted? She's obviously unfit. Ms. Noxema, or whatever her name is, probably busy sucking on the pipe.
""It was a miracle" the child wasn't injured, sheriff's spokeswoman Denise Rollins said, according to WKMG"
No, it wasn't a miracle, it was Helen Beard.
Nice! Happy ending! If ithappened to a guy , the mother would be screaming and call 911 that the guy was tryng to kidnap the child.
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