Baby caught after being dropped to safety from burning London tower

A baby was caught by a member of the public after being dropped from a window of the burning London Grenfell Tower, according to an eyewitness.
 
Samira Lamrani, who lives in a building opposite the flats which have been ablaze for nearly 24 hours, told of how she watched a woman throw her child in a desperate bid to save its life. 
 
Lamrani told the Press Association: "People were starting to appear at the windows, frantically banging and screaming.

"The windows were slightly ajar - a woman was gesturing that she was about to throw her baby and if somebody could catch her baby.

"Somebody did, a gentleman ran forward and managed to grab the baby."
 
Speaking to the Huffington Post, she added: "She wrapped her baby in what seemed like a sheet or blanket and threw the young baby out of the window.

“A member of the public, a guy ran forward and just miraculously grabbed the baby at the right moment and then the shadow, I assume the mother, went backwards and that was the last we saw."