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| Shen Dong and his female colleague seen running to the toddler before catching her. He told Qianjiang Evening News: “It was just instinct to reach out to her. It was lucky I made it in time.”(Screengrabs from Twitter/@zlj517) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] ZHEJIANG: On Jul 19, a man in Zhejiang Province’s Tongxiang city in China – identified as 31-year-old bank staff Shen Dong – saved a toddler falling from a height. In a video shared by Zhao Lijian, deputy director of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department, on Twitter, with the caption “Heroes among us”, Shen can be seen running towards the building with a woman while on the phone, CNA reported.
The 13-second clip which Zhao posted on Jul 22 garnered over 11,800 likes, with commenters saluting Shen for his heroism or calling him and the unidentified woman “angels”. Despite slipping on the ground momentarily, he tossed his mobile phone aside and successfully caught the toddler, who was shown falling from the building’s sixth floor. According to local media reports, the toddler had fallen from the apartment block’s sixth story after climbing onto a stool. She landed on a steel terrace on the first story, where she tumbled off before Shen caught her.
Thankfully, the child survived the dramatic fall with injuries to her legs and lungs but was otherwise fine. Shen himself didn't get injured in the rescue, which he attributed to "exercising regularly". The toddler received treatment for her injuries at the Tongxiang Second People's Hospital and was discharged on the same day.
