An apartment fire broke out in Boston in July, 1975, and Stanley Forman was there to capture the event on film. The photo depicts a 19-year-old woman and her 2-year-old goddaughter in free-fall after the fire escape they were using broke away from the building. The fire was on Marlborough Street in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. Masur’s book described the scene: “A fire truck rolled down the alley, its ladder extended. Forman climbed onto the bed of the truck, which gave him some elevation and a better angle.” The fire escape collapsed “just as the ladder came within reach,” Masur’s book said. Forman kept shooting as the woman and the girl fell. “He took one last shot and looked away as the bodies hit with a thud.” The woman died, but the child survived the fall.