NBC New York that the 28-year-old aunt was looking after several of his siblings and cousins at the time.His mum was at work in the Bronx.
Police received a 911 call reporting an unconscious child on West 133rd Street at just after 10.20am.Paramedics found him unresponsive with injuries consistent with falling from a considerable height.
The man who made the 911 call after being alerted of the boy's fall by the building's superintendent told the Daily Mail about the heartbreaking accident. "The baby was, like, huffing, but he was turning purple...
and then he just stopped," he said. "I've never seen a baby take a last breath, it's going to stay with me forever."Daniel was rushed to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead and an autopsy is set.
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