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| Man uses a broom to save toddler dangling from fourth-floor window | |
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| A video has emerged of a man saving the life of a little girl who was dangling from her neck four floors up after falling out of an apartment window. | |
| The toddler was screaming for help when she was spotted by Wang Baoping, who was walking past on the street below in a town in China. | |
| Seeing the little girl, he raced up the four flights of stairs to rescue her. | |
| In the video, he is seen leaning precariously out of a neighbouring window and using a mop he found on the way to support her weight, before she is eventually pulled back inside. | |
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| She had become stuck in the metal bars surrounding the windows of the apartment where she lived in Shangdong, China. | She had become stuck in the metal bars surrounding the windows of the apartment where she lived in Shangdong, China. |
| He held her there for 20 minutes before her parents eventually pulled her back inside. | He held her there for 20 minutes before her parents eventually pulled her back inside. |
| The little girl was reportedly unhurt. | The little girl was reportedly unhurt. |
| Speaking to Chinese Central Television, a resident from the apartment block, said: "I think his brave and courageous actions are worthy of praise." | Speaking to Chinese Central Television, a resident from the apartment block, said: "I think his brave and courageous actions are worthy of praise." |