Toddler falls from apartment balcony, rushed to hospital
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>>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT THE
SCENE IN RALEIGH FOR A 16 MONTH
OLD TODDLER FELL FROM A SECOND
STORY BALCONY.
I'M KATHRYN BROWN IN FOR GERALD
OWENS.
>> I'M DEBRA MORGAN.
PARAMEDICS ROAST RUSH TO THE
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
JULIAN GRACE JOINS US LIVE WITH
AN UPDATE ON HOW THE CHILD IS
DOING IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: WE DON'T HAVE
DETAILS AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE WORKING TO GET MORE
INFORMATION.
BUT WE DID FIND OUT IS THAT THE
TODDLER FELL FROM A SECOND
STORY BALCONY.
DOWN TO THE GROUND.
MEDICS ARE CAUTIOUSLY
OPTIMISTIC.
HERE IS WHY.
WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE BABY
WAS BREATHING.
CONSCIOUS AND CRYING.
HERE'S THE SCENE FROM EARLIER
TODAY.
A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS WERE
OUTSIDE MOMENTS AFTER THIS
HAPPENED.
THESE ARE THE DETAILS.
NEIGHBORS SAY THEY HEARD A FIRE
TRUCK GO DOWN THE STREET.
ONE WOMAN SAID SHE CAME OUTSIDE
AND SAW ANOTHER WOMAN HOLDING A
BABY.
THE TALL THERE WAS RUSHTON
WAKEMED HOSPITAL.
NEIGHBORS FELT HELPLESS AS THEY
WATCHED CRUISE CREWS RUSH THE
BABY AWAY.
>>> I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO DO ANYTHING.
I DEFINITELY WANTED TO STAY
OUTSIDE.
JUST TO SEE IF I COULD SEE
SOMETHING.
LIKE IF THEY WERE OKAY.
>> Reporter: HERE IS MORE
INFORMATION FOR YOU.
WE TALKED TO ONE OF THE
OFFICERS ON THE SCENE.
HE WAS CLEAR THEY DO NOT HAVE A
LOT OF DETAILS.
WE COULD GET ADDITIONAL UPDATES
AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.
THE ONE THING HE DID SAY THAT
STUCK WITH ME DEBORAH, HE SAID
THIS CAN HAPPEN IN A MATTER OF
SECONDS.
IF YOU HAVE LITTLE ONES YOU