...Tenants located on the lower floors of the building handed their children to German firefighters on ladders.
But the parents in the photograph were too high up, and made the harrowing decision to drop the young boy to the crowd below. He was caught safely by an off-duty police officer who just happened to be in the neighborhood.
Not everyone was so lucky; nine people - including five children - died in the blaze.
It's not known whether the baby's parents survived.
source: CBS News
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