Hero police officer climbs over 12th-floor balcony to rescue girl, 4, stuck on ledge
Nail-biting footage filmed by onlookers shows the youngster perched precariously on the wrong side of the railing.
A hero police officer risked his life to rescue a four-year-old girl after she clambered over the balcony of her 11th-floor apartment in eastern China.
Nail-biting footage filmed by horrified onlookers shows the youngster perched precariously on the wrong side of the railing at the block in Yuhang, Zhejiang, on the morning of September 23.
Her mum had nipped out for 15 minutes to drop her other child to school before rushing back after a neighbour phoned to tell her what was happening, according to local reports.
But when she got there she found her key wouldn’t work because the door had been locked from the inside.
Fearing it was too hefty to smash down in time to save the girl, brave cop Tang Wenjie agreed to run upstairs to the apartment above and try to climb down to her from their balcony.
He can be seen using a length of rope as a makeshift harness to lower himself down as colleagues hastily started gathering bedsheets to cushion the girl’s fall in case she lost her footing before he reached her.
Meanwhile, other police officers continued trying to force their way inside the flat, but Tang got there first.
Local reports said the crowd gathered on the pavement below applauded as the officer hoisted the girl back over the railing to safety.
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