After a fire started in an apartment building in Decatur, Atlanta, a woman on the second floor reportedly staged an escape from the burning building by throwing her three infant children out of a window. As frightening as that sounds, 10 year old Zna Gresham came to the rescue, heroically catching her neighbour’s newborn baby in her arms. The two other babies fell, suffering minor injuries. Zna Gresham, self-effacing and down to earth quickly shot to the headlines, widely lauded as a hero.
What’s most interesting about this miraculous good news story is the interview the 10 year old great-catch Zna Gresham did with a reporter from WSB-TV after the event. The essence of chilled out, Gresham nonchalantly tells her story, as if catching baby missiles from burning buildings was just another quintessential cog whirring in the daily grind. And while Zna Gresham’s interview may not provoke the kind of immediate inspiration that Cleveland kidnap rescuer Charles Ramsey’s did a few months ago, with an autotune remix popping up in mere moments; the internet feels like a weird, foreign place seeing as it hasn’t promptly taken to the task of creating a nauseating remix that repeats “she was dropping her, she was dropping her, dropping her babies” until ears collectively bleed. Maybe the internet has actually grown up?
Watch Zna Gresham recount her incredible story below, providing an admirable message that “In our family we take care of our neighbours no matter what.”
Via news.com.au
