Heartbreaking photo shared of miracle baby fighting for life after mum died in tower block fall

A heartbreaking photo of a baby who miraculously survived after her mum fell from a tower block has been shared by her sister.

Pregnant Emma Atkinson tragically died after falling from a 90-foot tower block in Leeds on Tuesday morning. Her baby Posie was delivered prematurely, at five weeks early, and remains in critical care hooked up to lifesaving tubes.

A picture of the little girl has now been shared on Facebook, showing her in hospital with her big sister Demi by her side, the Mirror reports. The Manchester Evening News has not shared the photo out of respect and dignity for the baby and her family.

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Mum-of-five Emma, who was known to many as Emma Acko, had named the unborn girl just weeks before her tragic death. In a final heartbreaking post on Facebook from a month ago, the mum shared an image cradling her pregnancy bump in a mirror selfie while a young child embraced her legs.

Alongside the picture, she wrote: "It's a girl, couldn't be happier." Leeds Live visited the scene on Wednesday where a good friend of Emma’s, Martyne Taiwo, knelt at the scene where she fell, and where a floral arrangement had been laid out.

Martyne said: "She’d helped me through my darkest time, we had been inseparable since we were young. It’s just the end of an era for us. I never believed she’d do anything like that. I just don’t understand it."

Tributes have also poured in on social media. Commenting on Facebook, Sarah Whapham said: "A call I was not expecting this morning has left us in complete shock.

"Emma you had the biggest personality & the biggest heart. My beautiful cousin rest peacefully."

Another post from Megan Moore remembered her as a 'beautiful lady'. She wrote: "Rest in peace you beautiful lady. I cannot believe I'm actually writing this.

"Always a beautiful soul in and out...Thinking of your children at home and praying for your baby girl in hospital will be okay."

West Yorkshire Police released a statement confirming that officers were called to the scene in Burmantofts at around 10.30am on Tuesday by the ambulance service. The force said that there were no 'suspicious circumstances' surrounding the death.

In full, the statement said: "At 10.24am today, police were contacted by the ambulance service who had been called to an incident where a woman had fallen from height at Shakespeare Towers, in Shakespeare Approach, Burmantofts. The woman died at the scene as result of her injuries.

"There were no suspicious circumstances and the Coroner's Office has been informed. The woman, aged in her thirties, was in the late stage of pregnancy and her baby was delivered at hospital after the incident and is receiving critical care."

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