Ryan McGeachie, 30, has been called a “hero” after he saved a baby who had been thrown from a building as it filled with smoke. Ryan, who works as a fishmonger, said he felt “shook up” by the incident but was thankful the child was okay.
McGeachie was walking on Harley Street in Ibrox, Glasgow, on January 6, when he saw a woman screaming from a window as the building filled with smoke.
He said he heard the woman shouting “fire” as she dangled a baby out of a window.
Speaking to Glasgow Live, the 30-year-old said: “I was walking back from the Co-Op, which is just round the corner from me.
“There was a woman screaming out the window. I didn’t understand what was happening at first.”
McGeachie immediately leapt into action and said he “sprinted to the window” and was there to catch the baby.
He said: “I wasn’t thinking anything apart from getting the child, so I grabbed the child.
“It was very spur of the moment. I was relieved when I caught her. I put her down and made sure she was ok.
Following the incident, he said “as I caught her, a few other people ran in behind me to see the woman”.
McGeachie added: “I just made sure the baby was ok. Then an older woman came over and put her jacket around her.”
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The police have said their current investigation into what caused the fire is still ongoing.
A 44-year-old woman was taken to hospital in relation to the incident, but her condition is currently unknown.
At the scene, a man and a woman were both treated for smoke inhalation.
A spokesperson from Police Scotland said on the incident: “We received a report of a fire at a property on Harley Street, Glasgow, around 4.15pm on Friday, January 6, 2023.
“Emergency services attended and one woman has been taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment.”
