UAE: Residents spot child dangling from 13th floor window, rush to rescue

UAE: Residents spot child dangling from 13th floor window, rush to rescue

The door to the apartment had to be broken in order for the other residents in the building to enter and save the boy

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Published: Thu 15 Sep 2022, 10:15 AM Last updated: Thu 15 Sep 2022, 10:46 AM

Neighbours and a watchman managed to rescue a 5-year-old child who was dangling from the 13th floor of a building in Sharjah's Al Taawun area on Wednesday.

The child got stuck in a window while playing and the neighbours saw him from the street. They immediately informed the police and tried to save him.

Resident Adel Abdel Hafeez told local media that upon his arrival from work, he noticed passers-by pointing to a child in one of the windows of the building. He immediately informed the watchman and went up to the 13th floor to save the child.

He added: "We knocked on the door and no one opened. I called the father of the child and told him we would break the door to enter and save the child from falling off the window. He allowed us to do so and we entered immediately. We found the child holding the edge of the window with difficulty and standing on the tips