Tenn. Mom 7 Months Pregnant with Twins Jumps from 2nd Floor Window to Escape House Fire

An expectant mother is recovering in the hospital after jumping from a second-floor window of her burning Tennessee home.

On the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 15, Katie Barker, who is seven months pregnant with twins, woke up to a fire inside her Soddy-Daisy home, Cleveland 19 and Local 12 reported. Trapped on the second floor of the three-story house, she had to make a quick, life-saving decision.

“It was either risk breaking bones or plan a funeral,” Barker said, per Cleveland 19. “I have an older daughter, a 6-year-old, and then two little boys that are in my belly that are counting on me, and I couldn’t leave my husband, so I didn’t.”…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS