This is the
heart stopping moment a toddler appears to dangle from the fifth floor
balcony of a high rise building in Brazil – while his mother was
reportedly asleep inside.
Crowds
screamed 50ft below as the boy, thought to be about three years old,
appeared to cling to the ledge of an apartment block in Vila Velha, a
town on the country’s east coast.
It was later claimed that the child’s mother was asleep inside at the time, oblivious to her son’s plight.
A waiter working opposite told Brazilian
website Midia Con News that customers were ‘crying at the sight’ before
he ran out to help.
It is thought the child may have clambered on to the ledge by climbing on to a chair on the balcony.
Eventually
he was rescued by Bruno Teixeira who told Midia Con News that the boy’s
mother was asleep in the apartment the whole time.
Mr Teixeira said: 'When we saw the boy hanging we ran without looking.
Worried
crowds that packed the street below the building filmed as the boy,
believed to be about three years old, hung from the fifth floor balcony.
The drama unfolded in the coastal town of Vila Velha on Saturday, with a waiter across the road from the building first alerted to the danger when he heard a scream, Brazilian website Midia Con News reports.
"It was a desperation ... Customers started crying at the sight," waiter Wagner Nascimento Gomes said.
"I thought nothing of it and ran to help."
The boy is believed to have climbed on a chair against the balcony and become stuck.
Spectators filmed the moment he was rescued from the ledge by Bruno Teixeira, who said the child's mother was asleep inside the entire time.
"When we saw the boy hanging we ran without looking..." Mr Teixeira said.
"When we arrived at the apartment the room door was open and the balcony was closed. (The child's) mother was asleep. She should be more responsible with son's life."
The child was reportedly unhurt but police have become involved.
Read more at http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/06/05/09/57/brazil-boy-s-dangerous-dangle-from-high-rise-balcony#PSdpbJoGcFqZxIKw.99
The drama unfolded in the coastal town of Vila Velha on Saturday, with a waiter across the road from the building first alerted to the danger when he heard a scream, Brazilian website Midia Con News reports.
"It was a desperation ... Customers started crying at the sight," waiter Wagner Nascimento Gomes said.
"I thought nothing of it and ran to help."
The boy is believed to have climbed on a chair against the balcony and become stuck.
Spectators filmed the moment he was rescued from the ledge by Bruno Teixeira, who said the child's mother was asleep inside the entire time.
"When we saw the boy hanging we ran without looking..." Mr Teixeira said.
"When we arrived at the apartment the room door was open and the balcony was closed. (The child's) mother was asleep. She should be more responsible with son's life."
The child was reportedly unhurt but police have become involved.
Read more at http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/06/05/09/57/brazil-boy-s-dangerous-dangle-from-high-rise-balcony#PSdpbJoGcFqZxIKw.99
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