{"id":2014,"date":"2025-10-09T21:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyonesdiary.com\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2025-10-09T21:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:20:16","slug":"mom-straps-her-newborn-in-car-seat-throws-her-out-2nd-story-window-before-taking-her-last-breaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyonesdiary.com\/?p=2014","title":{"rendered":"Mom Straps Her Newborn In Car Seat, Throws Her Out 2nd-Story Window Before Taking Her Last Breaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"312\">When a devastating house fire broke out in Wyoming, Illinois, 21-year-old Shelby Carter faced an unimaginable crisis. Trapped upstairs with her 10-day-old daughter, Keana, and with flames closing in, Shelby made a heroic choice to save her baby\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"524\">Unable to escape together, Shelby secured Keana tightly in a car seat. 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