Watch Ga. Police Officers Catch Children Dropped From Balcony During Apartment Fire

Body camera footage captured two Georgia police officers as they caught two children who were dropped by their mother to escape an apartment fire over the weekend.

The dramatic rescue happened at about 4 a.m. Sunday when Chatham County police were the initial first responders to arrive at an apartment complex fire, the agency stated in an online news release, which contained body camera footage of the save. As Officers Brandon Lowe and Thomas Velte raced to the burning structure, they saw a mother, Tanasia Grant, and two children trapped on an upper balcony.

Once the officers reached the blaze, Grant signaled to them to catch her children. She then dropped them safely one by one into the arms of Lowe and Velte.

“I didn’t really want to throw my kids down, but that was my only option, and it was just something that I had to do,” Grant told WTOC-TV.

According to police, officers and firefighters rescued five people from the apartment. Two children were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

A day after the fire rescue, the department posted a photo of Lowe and Velte and talked about how they were back on patrol.

"This is the part of police work that is often forgotten — the quick turnaround and return to duty even after the most difficult of nights and heroic of moments," the department stated. "But, it is the reality of first responders in all fields."