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Employee Saves Baby from Fall
May 2015

Employee Saves Baby from Fall

Michael Corwin
Clay Snyder
Clay Snyder with protective gear that keeps him safe on the job. Clay rescued a baby in danger of falling from a window.

On April 18, while supervising a roof repair from the top of a building at Unity Plaza in Brooklyn, Technical Advisor Anthony Vecchi saw something that grabbed his attention: A baby in diapers was holding onto a window ledge by one hand, swinging back and forth.