Nation Former football player, Marine catches toddler dropped from burning building: ‘I just did my best’ July 9, 2020Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAYComments Off on Former football player, Marine catches toddler dropped from burning building: ‘I just did my best’ Phillip Blanks, a former football player and Marine, dove to save a child from a burning building last week. Harrowing video caught the act.