{"id":9290,"date":"2020-07-10T06:49:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/?p=9290"},"modified":"2020-12-17T08:37:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T13:37:50","slug":"watch-ex-college-football-player-catching-child-from-burning-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/07\/watch-ex-college-football-player-catching-child-from-burning-building\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] Ex-College Football Player Catching Child From Burning Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"cb-dfdd4d0acd3ca9ee2d7cd6a73683484d\">A former college football receiver made a LIFE-SAVING highlight &#8212; catching a 3-year-old child thrown from a burning building &#8230; and it was all captured on video.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2433a6101ee93e3138ed4f56d4ec4da5\">28-year-old\u00a0Phillip Blanks\u00a0&#8212; who played at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, CA &#8212; was at his home in Phoenix when he saw a nearby apartment was ablaze.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5ea3905f4eaa29c9d3f49bbd439666ad\">Blanks decided to check out the scene to see if he could help &#8230; and noticed a 30-year-old mother preparing to throw her child off the balcony.lanks &#8212; who is also a retired U.S. Marine &#8212; immediately knew what he had to do &#8230; and sprinted to the ground below to save the boy from hitting the ground.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tc4c5Mntjyk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5ea3905f4eaa29c9d3f49bbd439666ad\">\n<section id=\"cb-e7ca8ca3492e9ff7a87fc03feddc75da\">&#8220;Instinct. There wasn&#8217;t much thinking. I just reacted. I just did it,&#8221; Blanks said.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cd761989b8d12024f34924a9fc965dcb\">&#8220;The guy who was there with me &#8230; it looked like he wasn&#8217;t going to catch him. So that&#8217;s why I stepped in. I just wanted to make a better catch.&#8221;<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0230517fc7d1e87411855935d7f5d2c8\">Blanks rushed the child to safety &#8230; but the mother tragically passed away from the fire.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a9707cc3384c678d9fa56319fa609d31\">&#8220;She&#8217;s the real hero of the story,&#8221; Blanks told the outlet. &#8220;Because she made the ultimate sacrifice to save her children.&#8221;<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f4f684938d0c20074f012bfcb10411ec\">The woman&#8217;s 3-year-old and 8-year-old were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d0674cc676cdce0f218252e0be632652\">BTW &#8212; according to Blanks&#8217; college bio, he&#8217;s related to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/barry-sanders\/\">Barry Sanders<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mike-conley\/\">Mike Conley<\/a>.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-03c69ac1a2cf245dfbe1a26546cd34f7\">Truly heroic.<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=3&amp;v=tc4c5Mntjyk&amp;feature=emb_title\">you tube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former college football receiver made a LIFE-SAVING highlight &#8212; catching a 3-year-old child thrown from a burning building &#8230; and it was all captured on video. 28-year-old\u00a0Phillip Blanks\u00a0&#8212; who played at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, CA &#8212; was at his home in Phoenix when he saw a nearby apartment was ablaze. 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