Man catches baby after it falls from ledge

CCTV cameras caught the moment a man miraculously caught a one-year-old baby after it fell from a second story window in a south China county.

The baby was spotted on a window ledge by a neighbour and a small group rushed in to try and rescue the child.

"Some people put down cardboard to avoid serious injuries to the baby if I fail to catch him," the man who made the dramatic catch, Mr Li, said.

"I didn’t think too much at the time. I was just afraid of failing to catch him.

"It was nothing but human instinct to do so."

Residents also put a sofa on the ground under the window to try and catch the child.

Local Chinese media reports say the baby was believed to be looking for its mother when it climbed out onto a window ledge during a heavy thunderstorm in Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan City of Guangdong Province last Sunday.

Author: Simon Black, Approving editor: Matthew Henry

Source: Irish Times