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10 Dec 05 - 02:48 PM (#1624509) Subject: BS: Good catch!! From: katlaughing Another use for rugby: Baby thrown from burning building Press Association Saturday December 10, 2005 3:38 PM An ex-rugby player relied on his safe pair of hands to catch a baby boy after his mother was forced to drop him out of her burning home. Katie Rogers, 19, said neighbour Mike Webber was a hero for safely catching her nine-month-old son Brandon. Burly ex-prop forward with Newport Saracens Mr Webber, 38, said he imagined Brandon was a rugby ball as he waited to catch him falling from a first-floor window in Barrack Hill, Newport. Mr Webber's proud wife Lorraine, 40, from Harlequin Court, Barrack Hill, said her husband did what anyone else would have done. Mr Webber used his 19-stone frame to shoulder-charge the front door open so Miss Rogers and her family could escape. Mrs Webber said: "He was first on the scene and because of his strength he could get through the door and was able to help." But because the smoke was so thick on the ground floor of Miss Rogers' home in Harlequin Drive, Barrack Hill, she was forced to drop her son. Mrs Webber said: "It's lucky Mike has a safe pair of hands after playing rugby for so many years." Miss Rogers said she took the decision because she feared for Brandon's safety in the smoke. She said: "I didn't want to throw him but the smoke was so thick and he was coughing and spluttering. In the end I had to let go and Mike caught him." Miss Rogers and Brandon, along with her elder son Ashley, two, her mother Lesley, 45, and sister Rachel, 17, were treated for breathing in smoke. Cause of the blaze was not yet known. |
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10 Dec 05 - 03:06 PM (#1624527) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Georgiansilver Nice 'try' |
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10 Dec 05 - 04:45 PM (#1624587) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: wysiwyg SCORE! ~S~ |
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10 Dec 05 - 05:08 PM (#1624598) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Peace Really cool. |
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11 Dec 05 - 05:21 AM (#1624834) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Hrothgar A prop with a good pair of hands? Indeed a miracle! |
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11 Dec 05 - 05:26 AM (#1624836) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Liz the Squeak So why isn't he playing for a bigger team?! (Thinks... a soccer player would have shouldered the door and then spent 15 mins rolling on the floor in pretend agony in an attempt to get the penalty). And good to know you have such neighbours. LTS |
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11 Dec 05 - 10:26 AM (#1624964) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Manitas_at_home Isn't there a song about this in which the footballer bounces the baby and then kicks him into touch? |
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11 Dec 05 - 07:49 PM (#1625264) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: GUEST,Jacko lover Was Michael Jackson somehow involved?.....seems he may have dropped a child if he had not been lucky! |
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12 Dec 05 - 04:09 AM (#1625445) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: HuwG "Mr Webber used his 19-stone frame to shoulder-charge the front door open so Miss Rogers and her family could escape." Thinks... Did he stop to check the sign which said "Pull" first ? Good catch though. |
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12 Dec 05 - 08:05 AM (#1625531) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Strollin' Johnny Anyone who can shoulder-charge a door open is a hero and a big, big guy as far as I'm concerned - have any of you ever tried it? Not easy, not easy at all. And a soccer player would just have bounced off and claimed the door fouled him! S:0) |
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12 Dec 05 - 08:14 AM (#1625534) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Strollin' Johnny And an American Fottball player would have waited for the armour and cheerleaders to arrive. |
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12 Dec 05 - 11:46 AM (#1625681) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Bunnahabhain Meanwhile, the Aussie rules football player calls him a 'whining pom poof', and head-butts the door down..... |
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12 Dec 05 - 01:49 PM (#1625735) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: GUEST,Me And the very occasional mudcatter would hit it with his bodrhan? or banjo? either would do as at least it would be one less! |
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12 Dec 05 - 02:33 PM (#1625773) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Tannywheeler At last--a valid use for sport. All it does in our house is make hubby turn the air BLUE when watching his teams playing basketball or (American)football on TV. Thickly, loudly BLUE. But it's all worth it if it made a man able to save a baby.....Tw |
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13 Dec 05 - 04:14 AM (#1626186) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: Paul Burke Yes, but he was a Union player, so when he caught the kid, he immediately punted him 50 yards down the field... |
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13 Dec 05 - 04:19 AM (#1626192) Subject: RE: BS: Good catch!! From: sian, west wales Hey! Call him 'whining'. Call him 'puff'. But he's a Taff, not a Pom. Saw him on the news. That's one burly lad ... siân |