A 1-year-old boy who plummeted two stories from a fire escape in Brooklyn on Wednesday was saved when a quick-thinking passerby saw the child and caught him as he fell , according to police . The woman who caught the baby is Cristina Torre , daughter of famed Major League Baseball manager and former National League All-Star catcher Joe Torre . Joe Torre : Baseball champ and domestic abuse survivor . The boy crawled through the window of a second-story apartment after pushing aside a piece of cardboard that blocked an opening beside the apartment 's air conditioning unit , according to NYPD Detective James Duffy . He then climbed onto the fire escape and fell onto the awning of a frozen yogurt shop directly below the apartment and bounced off , Duffy said . That was when 44-year-old Cristina Torre , who happened to be passing by , saw the situation and positioned herself beneath the awning in time to catch the child , Duffy said . The boy was taken to Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn and was in stable condition , Duffy said . Joe Torre released a statement Wednesday night saying , `` I am very proud of my daughter Cristina 's actions today during an incident in Brooklyn involving a small child . Fortunately for that child she was in the right place at the right time to lend a hand . '' The boy 's parents were charged with child endangerment , Duffy said . Three other children , aged 2 , 3 and 5 , were taken into the custody of Child Protective Services .
The 1-year - old boy escaped after crawling through a window . He fell onto an awning , and a passerby positioned herself under the awning . The catcher is Brenda Torre , daughter of famed Yankees manager and coach Joe Torre . She caught the child , who police say was later in stable condition in a hospital .