3-Year-Old Girl Falls Out 3rd-Story Window in Brooklyn: FDNY
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Updated 16 minutes ago
A 3-year-old girl fell out the window of third-story apartment in Brooklyn Wednesday evening, authorities say, sending her mother into hysterics and shocking neighbors, according to witnesses.
Emergency responders were called to 902 44th St. in Fort Hamilton at about 7 p.m., according to the FDNY. Neighbors said they heard the girl's mother screaming in the courtyard of the building.
"She was hysterical, she kept saying, 'My baby, my baby,'" said neighbor Marilyn Velez, who rushed down when she heard the mother wailing.
Velez said the girl appeared unresponsive on the ground by the time she got downstairs, while another neighbor, Rebecca Arce, said she saw the girl seizing after she fell.
The mother was "beyond herself," according to Arce, rolling around on the ground and screaming.
"She was terrified for the child, obviously," said neighbor Evelyn Toro.
Velez said, "We were all startled and in shock ourselves."
Neighbors said the family -- a mother and a father, and three children -- were relatively new to the building, typically filled with longtime residents.
Cellphone video of the scene taken by a neighbor showed paramedics administering CPR on the girl before taking her into the ambulance.
The child was taken to Lutheran Hospital and was initially listed in serious but stable condition, according to the FD
It's not clear how the child fell out of the window; police are investigating.
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