An MTA city bus driver says he was thinking of his own young daughter when he rushed to catch a 7-year-old girl plunging three stories from a Brooklyn building Monday.
"Please let me catch her, please let me catch her," Stephen St. Bernard, 52, recalled thinking. "That's all I could say. Let me catch the little baby..."
Police sources said the girl has autism. Her mother was inside the apartment watching her other child and did not see the girl standing outside on the A/C, the sources said.
In all fairness to her mother - children with autism often have mad Houdini-esque skills with a propensity for finding themselves in dangerous situations. These children are unable to recognize the dangers associated with risky behaviors. They may run toward traffic, are drawn toward water, or frequently wander. In severe cases, parents sometimes put their homes in literal lockdown with keyed locks and alarm systems on doors and windows. It's a hard way to live, but necessary to ensure our children are safe. It literally only takes one minute - the second you turn your attention to another child in the home - for trouble to come knocking.
Thank You Mr. St. Bernard. You are a real hero!
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