Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 17:25:30 GMT
Good catch: man saves baby after fall from second floor window
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A man successfully caught a one-year-old baby who fell from a second-story window on Sunday in a south China, according to local reports.
The child who it was believed went looking for his mother, climbed onto the window ledge during a heavy thunderstorm in Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan City of Guangdong Province.
In the video a local man, identified as only as Mr Li, can be seen hurrying across the road and holding out his arms to catch the falling child.
Another man Mr Hu also rushed to the site to join in the rescue, along with other nearby residents who put several pieces of cardboard and a sofa on the ground under the window in the hope of breaking the child's fall
"I didn't think too much at the time. I was just afraid of failing to catch him " said Mr Li.
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A man successfully caught a one-year-old baby who fell from a second-story window on Sunday in a south China, according to local reports.
The child who it was believed went looking for his mother, climbed onto the window ledge during a heavy thunderstorm in Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan City of Guangdong Province.
In the video a local man, identified as only as Mr Li, can be seen hurrying across the road and holding out his arms to catch the falling child.
Another man Mr Hu also rushed to the site to join in the rescue, along with other nearby residents who put several pieces of cardboard and a sofa on the ground under the window in the hope of breaking the child's fall
"I didn't think too much at the time. I was just afraid of failing to catch him " said Mr Li.
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Full article (The Telegraph)
A different video of that moment:
I thank God that they managed to avoid the worst. I hope the child was alright after this. Why someone would leave a one-year-old unsupervised to the point the child trying to look for his mother while hanging from a second floor window is beyond me, but... at least nothing bad happened.
