I'd like to think I would do this....but hats off to British tourist Helen Beard this morning.  She says she doesn't feel like a hero even after being honored for catching a 1-year-old girl who fell from a fourth-story balcony at an Orlando resort hotel. 

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"Absolutely not. I did what needed to be done. I didn't want a fuss. Anyone would have done it," said the 44 year old Beard of Worksop, England.
Beard said she was sitting poolside at her hotel keeping an eye on her 10-year-old son and as he swam, when a scream attracted attention to 1-year-old Jah-Nea Myles dangling from the balcony. "I think you just act instinctively. I ran. I knew I needed to catch her. I had to do something. I guess I was hoping someone else would catch her, but I was the one who was there." Beard said she dashed through the pool gate and ran to a spot right underneath the child.  Beard caught Jah-Nea and held her for a moment before the little girl slipped unharmed from her arms. The toddler was not seriously hurt, though she did hit her head on the rail of a third-floor balcony during the fall.

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