Security camera footage has been taken of 17-year-old Feuzi Zabaat catching a toddler as she fell from a second-floor open window in Istanbul.
Two-year-old Dora Muhammed fell from an open window on Thursday and was caught before she reached the ground by the Algerian teenager.
She was unhurt in the incident.
Feuzi said:
“I was walking down the road when I saw a two-year-old girl hanging from a window. I walked closer to her, and as she fell I held on to her."
Izzet Bayir, an eyewitness at the scene, said:
“I was walking from the top of the street toward the bottom. I saw this man looking up, it caught my attention, 'what's happening?' And I saw that this little girl was about to fall."
“This lion of a person caught this child in mid-air and reunited her with her family."
This teen caught a toddler as she fell from her apartment window — and the moment was caught on film https://t.co/WEAw9xexXy— NowThis (@NowThis) 1561674660.0
A dramatic video caught the moment when a toddler fell from a 2nd-storey window and was caught by a 17-year-old jus… https://t.co/PQnNwV1wmm— Globalnews.ca (@Globalnews.ca) 1561663358.0
@RonnaToronna @globalnews I think he was just trying to determine if this was really happening. He just looked conf… https://t.co/YSABdSNMWW— Chad (@Chad) 1561666439.0
@globalnews That kid had some good situational awareness. I'm watching him puzzle what the heck is going on, and t… https://t.co/T2dCwGJ5W4— Lori Nieto (@Lori Nieto) 1561664648.0
@nowthisnews An angel on two feet. Well done Feuzi Zabaat👏— SAMUEL FASOLA (@SAMUEL FASOLA) 1561675498.0
@nowthisnews Algerians are doing great nowadays, thos is a hero, and we are proud of him, his courage and his humanity 🇩🇿— Rym B (@Rym B) 1561677832.0
@nowthisnews This kid a damn hero wow https://t.co/faM7wP5j70— Jon (@Jon) 1561674865.0
Dora's father Yusuf Muhammed gave Feuzi a 200 Turkish Lira (around $35) reward for saving his daughter's life. While the amount may seem small by US standards, a moderate daily travel budget including meals transportation and accommodations in Turkey, according to lonely planet, is 150-350 Turkish Lira.