A viral video shows a man in Zhejiang province, catching a toddler who had fallen out of a sixth-story apartment window.
In CCTV footage uploaded to Twitter by China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijiang, the man is seen talking on the phone as he runs towards the front of the building, briefly slipping. He looks up and miraculously catches the falling toddler in his arms.
The video cuts to CCTV footage of the building and shows the 3-year-old girl slipping out of the window and falling.
The video has garnered over 158,000 views and 9,000 likes.
The toddler was checked out at the Tongxiang Second People’s Hospital and released on Friday.
The man said that he heard a bang coming from the top of the apartment building and looked up to see the small toddler tumbling out of the window. He said that he was lucky to have caught the girl on time and explained that it was sheer instinct.
Weibo users hailed the man as a “hero,” including Zhao, who described the Good Samaritan as a “hero among us” in his Twitter post.
“Tribute to ordinary heroes,” one user wrote.
“For parents with children, add a protective window or window safety valve to your home,” another user suggested.
