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PHOENIX (KABC) -- It was a heart-stopping moment -- a mother trapped inside a burning Phoenix apartment. Her last action was flinging her 3-year-old son to safety off the third-floor balcony.
Phillip Blanks, 28, made a gridiron-worthy dive, catching the toddler just before he hit the ground.
Another nearby family was forced to throw their son and dog to safety as their unit burned down as well.
Phoenix police say the two children rescued from the first unit have serious but non life-threatening burns.
The children's 30-year-old mother died in the fire. Their father was at work when the blaze broke out.
The cause is still under investigation.