WATCH: The Moment Police Officer Catches Baby Thrown From Burning Home

A police officer’s body-worn camera captured the dramatic moment when he caught a baby who was thrown from the second floor of a burning home.

The officer was responding to a house fire in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and was able to locate a woman and her baby trapped on the second floor at the rear of the home. Upon learning that the woman was unable to get downstairs with the baby, he instructed her to kick out the window screen and throw the baby down to him.

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“THROW ME YOUR KID”: A police officer yelled up to a woman trapped on the top floor of a house before catching the baby in midair and helping the woman escape. https://t.co/xEYaZoMIF3 pic.twitter.com/ChCBVTlJ7f

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“Ma’am,” the officer shouted as sirens screamed in the background. “Throw me your kid! Kick out the screen! Kick out the screen!”

The video showed the woman attempting to kick the screen free from the window frame. A dispatcher could be heard on the radio, relaying information about the fire: “We do have entrapment.”

“Oh my God. I got contact on the B side,” the officer said into his two-way. “She’s trying to get the kid out the window, second story.”

Turning back to the window, he called to the woman again and urged her to drop the child. “Come here, okay, hang on … okay … I got it!”

The baby then appeared in the frame, safe in the arms of the waiting police officer.

“Ma’am! Ma’am! Come out,” he said, and then into the radio, “Can I get someone on the B side? I got the baby.”

Other officers brought a ladder around the house so that the woman could climb down to safety. She was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation but sustained no injuries. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety stated that the cause of the fire was still under investigation, and noted that part of the roof had to be removed in order for them to fully extinguish the fire in the attic.