Chinese man holds up 4-year-old boy hanging from fifth-floor window

A heroic man held up a 4-year-old boy hanging from a fifth-floor window after his head got stuck in the security bars.

In the video, filmed in the city of Xiamen in Fujian Province on August 14, a man named Ge Zhimin stood on the fourth-floor roof to hold a boy hanging from the fifth-floor window on his shoulder.

According to reports, Ge heard someone shouted for help and spotted the boy hanging out of window above his flat.

He then climbed out of his flat's window and used his shoulder to support the boy until the firefighters arrived.

The boy was finally rescued successfully by firefighters.

The video was provided by local media with permission.