SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WTVC) - A Tennessee mother who is close to delivering twins is recovering in the hospital after she jumped from a second-story window to escape her burning home.

Katie Barker, who is 7 months pregnant with twins, says she faced a difficult choice after a fire inside her Soddy-Daisy home woke her up Monday afternoon. She was trapped upstairs by the flames, according to a GoFundMe set up for the family.

“It was either risk breaking bones or then plan a funeral,” she said. “I have an older daughter, a 6-year-old and then two little boys that are in my belly that are counting on me, and I couldn’t leave my husband.”

Barker jumped from a second-story window at the back of her home to escape the flames. Soddy-Daisy police officers were the first to get there and tried to

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