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Saturday, July 18, 2020
VIDEO: Ex-Wide Receiver Catches Child Thrown from Burning Building
Phillip Blanks, a former college football player and ex-Marine, made the greatest catch of his life when he saved a child thrown from a burning building over the weekend.
A shocking video showed the moment Blanks caught a three-year-old boy thrown from the balcony of a burning apartment complex in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 3, right before he hit the ground, KABC reported.
“Instinct. There wasn’t much thinking. I just reacted. I just did it,” he told the station.
The 28-year-old said he was always raised with the mindset to serve others. Blanks served in the U.S. Marines and currently has a job in the security industry.
He also credits his time playing football as a wide receiver for Saddleback College in Mission Viejo as key to his personal growth.
“I know how to catch,” he says. “I’ve learned how to catch a football. So I’ll give some credit to football.”...MORE
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