A woman caught a baby in her arm when it fell the height of two storeys in Brooklyn, New York.

The 'catch of a lifetime' was made by Cristina Torre, daughter of Baseball Legend Joe Torre.

The one-year-old baby got out of a window and onto a fire escape. Torre realised what was happening and instinctively stretched out her arms as the baby fell.

"I was still talking to 911 and I just put out my arms, and literally, it was effortless," she said. 

Witnesses were in awe."I went over to her and I gave her a hug, and I said, 'You're a hero,'" said Kirsten Bramsen. "'If you hadn't caught the baby -- I don't even want to imagine.'" 

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