Man in China catches toddler falling from high-rise building, internet calls him ‘real superman’ - WATCH

A man in China saved the life of a toddler who had accidentally fallen from the window of her flat on the fifth floor of a high-rise building. The man who was standing by the road noticed the toddler fall and rain and caught her before she could hit the ground. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media with many hailing him as a hero and ‘real life Superman’. The incident took place in eastern China’s Tongxiang in Zhejiang province, as reported by ZeeNews.

In the video, the man identified as Shen Dong (31) can be seen running towards a building with a woman while speaking on a phone. Seconds later, he is seen throwing his phone on the ground and extending his hands upwards to catch the falling girl. The video also captured the exact moment the man caught the girl before she hit the pavement.

The video was originally posted on Weibo and was later shared across different social media platforms. The footage of the heroic rescue was also shared on Twitter by China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian. “Heroes among us,” the government official wrote as the caption.

According to reports, Shen Dong heard a loud bang from the building, which led him to realise that the sound was caused by a two-year-old girl who had fallen on the steel roofing of the building from her apartment's balcony. The toddler then slipped off from there but by then Shen had reached the spot and heroically rescued her.

“To be honest, I cannot remember the details. I cannot remember if my arms hurt or anything. It was just instinct to reach out to her,” Shen told local newspaper Qianjiang Evening News. “It was lucky I made it in time. Otherwise, I would feel absolutely horrible,” he added, as reported by Zee News.

The clip has accumulated more than 150.3 K views and the numbers continue to increase. The netizens also showered the video with amazing comments. “Real heroes exist in world not just in movies,” wrote one user. “Legendary catch! Give those two people a medal,” said others.