Baby Onur, thrown from building, was caught in cop's arms

By staff writers

Feb 6, news.com.au

A GERMAN police officer has emerged as the hero who saved baby Onur, the child photographed being thrown four stories from a burning building in Germany yesterday.

The officer caught nine-month-old Onur in his arms when she was thrown from the building by her desperate family.

Officials say the police officer was injured and needed hospital treatment after falling to the ground when he caught the child.

The photograph of Onur being thrown from the building shocked the world. Onur has been reunited with her father and is unhurt.

Nine people, including five children, were killed in the blaze at the building in Ludwigshafen in southwestern Germany.

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photo: Split-second decision ... Onur is thrown from the burning building (AFP)