{"id":22554,"date":"2025-08-03T03:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22554"},"modified":"2025-08-03T04:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T04:00:10","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:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22554","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=\"0\" data-end=\"343\">Shelby Carter, a 21-year-old mother from Illinois, is being remembered as a hero for saving her newborn daughter during a devastating house fire in February 2017. 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