A heroic passer-by caught a two-year-old girl with his bare hands after she fell from a ledge around 20ft above the pavement.
Footage shows the toddler lowering her legs over the side of the 6m-high ledge.
A passer-by spots her after being alerted by someone shouting, then runs over to the pavement and stretches out his arms beneath her.
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The girl lowers herself from the ledge and plunges towards the ground, with the man partially catching her before she slips from his grip and lands on the pavement.
The dramatic incident unfolded in Bozhou, China, on Friday (21 August).
Thanks to the quick actions of passer-by Chu Liang, the girl emerged from the ordeal with nothing more serious than a fractured ankle.
The girl had ended up on the ledge after apparently climbing out of a window.
Her mother, Ms Wang, told local media she had been tidying up at home when her daughter somehow locked the front door.
Worried that something might happen to her, Wang tried to kick the door open, but was unable to do so.
As she was looking for the key, she heard people shouting downstairs.
When she went outside, she discovered that her daughter had fallen from the building but had fortunately been caught by someone.
Chu, 39, believes he absorbed most of the force from the fall.
Wang tried to give him money as a thank-you, but he refused, also declining to give her his name or phone number.
She only learned his name later from local media, as reported by Need To Know.
She said: “Chu Liang saved my child, so of course I have to thank him. Otherwise, I would feel terrible.”
The girl has been recovering in bed following a visit to the doctor.
The impact left Chu unable to raise his arm for a day, while his leg and lower back remained sore.
He told local media that he felt guilty because he had not managed to catch the girl completely.
He said: “If I had managed to catch the child, she wouldn’t have been injured.”
However, he felt relieved after learning that she had not suffered any serious injuries.
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