Dramatic moment passers-by catch baby as it falls from building in China

 
Passers-by catch the falling baby
Michael Howie23 May 2014

This is the dramatic moment a baby was caught by passers-by after falling two storeys from a building in China.

CCTV footage shows the men with their arms outstretched as he starts to fall in heavy rain. The one-year-old had apparently got out of a window when he slipped in Guangdong Province.

One of the men, named as Mr Li, said: “I was just afraid of failing to catch him.” His grateful mother shows her relief, left.

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