THIS is the heart-stopping moment a heroic passerby caught a two-year-old toddler after she plunged from a fifth floor flat.
Shen Dong, 31, was parking his car across the street from the block of flats in Tongxiang in the Zhejiang province of China when he heard a loud thud as the tot landed on a steel roof.
The little girl then toppled over the edge of the first-floor ledge and plunged towards the pavement – but Shen caught the youngster before she landed on the concrete.
The shocking footage was released by local police on Weibo – China's version of Twitter – yesterday.
The girl injured her legs and lungs – but she is in stable condition, South China Morning Post reports.
Shen was frantically calling the emergency services as he saw what was happening, but instincts took over as chucked his phone and managed to catch the toddler before she hit the ground.
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He said he didn't realise it was a child until the girl started crawling towards the edge of the first-floor terrace.
“To be honest, I cannot remember the details," Shen told Qianjiang Evening News.
"I cannot remember if my arms hurt or anything. It was just instinct to reach out to her.
“It was lucky I made it in time. Otherwise, I would feel absolutely horrible."
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Weibo users branded the man a "superhero" for saving the girl's life.
One said: “He is a superhero, stepping forward bravely at a critical moment.
"I hope he can get a mobile phone as a reward because the old one must have broken."
In a similar case 11 years ago, a young mum named Wu Juping was praised for miraculously catching a toddler who fell from the ninth floor as she was walking below the building.
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The girl survived, and Wu broke her arms.
She was branded China’s “most beautiful mother” for her heroism.
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