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© ANDREW SAVULICH/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSA 44-year-old woman and her 10-month-old son plummeted eight stories from a Harlem building near W. 147th St.
Sources say mother may have grabbed her child and jumped out a window; police are still investigating.

A 10-month-old child survived an eight-story fall Wednesday when his mother grabbed the boy and leaped out of the window of her Harlem home, sources said.

The unidentified 44-year-old woman tried to kill herself and her child by jumping from the window of her Bradhurst Ave. home near W. 147th St. hours after her husband stormed out of the apartment during a "loud argument," sources said.

The baby managed to survive the deadly fall because his mother held him against her chest and her back hit the ground first, shielding him, sources said.

Her husband was seen on surveillance video leaving upscale co-op almost three hours before she took the 3:30 p.m. plunge, sources said.

"I heard a small scream when she was in the air," said witness Steven Dominguez, 18. "I noticed something falling, but I didn't want to believe it was a person."

Dominguez, who teared up as he spoke, said the landing made a horrifying sound.

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© ANDREW SAVULICH/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSNeighbor Christian Johnson said he heard the woman and her husband yelling at each other, but didn’t think it was anything more than a typical squabble until he saw the woman dead.

"It was a loud bang," he said. "It sounded like a big piece of wood hitting the floor."

The mother died at the scene. Police rushed the boy to Harlem Hospital, where he doctors listed in stable condition.

Neighbors said the couple had been living in the apartment for about three years. The boy was their only child together.

"I don't know if he got laid off or quit, but as of late he had been spending a lot of time at home," said neighbor Christian Johnson, 37.

"He was yelling at her today," Johnson said. "It made me stop and listen. He was asking her why she wouldn't pick up the phone. He kept repeating it. Then the baby started crying."

Johnson said he thought it was just a typical squabble, until he saw the woman dead.

"I saw her on the ground and I lost it," Johnson said.