Baby saved after 7-storey fall

A young man saw the baby starting to fall and alerted his father,who raced to get into position,arms outstretched,to catch her after she hit the awning,Le Parisien reported.

He must have played rugby for years to have developed reflexes like that, a bystander who saw the incident said. The baby reportedly had no serious injuries.

The owner of the cafe,located at the foot of the block of flats in northeast Paris,said it was a stroke of luck he left the awning open. I usually close it to stop it catching fire as people tend to throw their cigarette butts onto it, he said. The parents of the baby were not present.