MAN SAVES A CHILD FROM FALLING OFF BALCONY
An Italian banker wore the cape of a real-life hero after he saved the life of a three-year-old girl falling from the fifth floor of a building in central Turin. The incident happened recently, when 37-year-old Mattia Aguzzi was on his way to a bakery with his girlfriend
in the morning.
"I heard a man scream when I saw the little girl leaning out on the ledge. The little girl kept leaning more and more and climbed over the ledge, she held on only with two arms and her legs were in the air.
I started yelling at her to stay still and to go back inside but she didn't hear. When I saw her fall I stepped in the way, closed my eyes and hoped that everything was going to be for the best, I blocked her
by cushioning the blow and we both fell to the ground...Initially I didn't feel any sign of life, then the baby started crying and I breathed a sigh of relief."
Once Aguzzi caught the toddler, her parents rushed to the street to check up on her and the little girl was immediately taken to the hospital by first responders. As per the banker, the toddler is "fine" now. He also suffered some "minor injuries" but he was treated for
them.
Aguzzi's heroic act stole the spotlight on the Internet and garnered praise from Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “The story of a little girl who fell from a fifth-floor balcony in a building in Turin could have turned into tragedy. But thanks to the promptness of Mattia Aguzzi, who saw her fall and grabbed her in the air, her life is saved. Much honor and gratitude to this young hero."
Thanks be to God who puts
the right person in the right place at just the right time.
