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M'sia man scales metal fencing to rescue child who climbed out of 4th-floor window
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April 16, 2025, 06:53 PM
A man in Malaysia climbed up the metal fencing of an apartment to rescue a child who had fallen out of a fourth-floor window on Apr. 11.
The incident happened at around 5:54pm in Taman Putra Perdana in Selangor, according to a video posted on My News Hub's X (formerly known as Twitter) page.
The 52-second clip showed a man in an orange shirt scaling an apartment's metal fencing to reach the fourth-storey ledge where a child was sitting.
One of the flat's windows was ajar at the time.
GIF of video from @mynewshub/X
After reaching the top of the fencing, the man carried the child into the apartment through the open window.
GIF of video from @mynewshub/X
Witnesses reportedly said the man was a neighbour who acted instinctively when he saw the child climb out of the window.
No injuries were reported.
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