China boy, 3, survives 18-floor plunge; dad honours ‘life-saving tree’ with big red flower
Grandparents go out shopping, leave toddler in flat alone who manages to climb onto toilet, fall out of window with no safety bars
A three-year-old boy in China has shocked the nation after he miraculously survived an 18-storey fall from his residential building, thanks to a tree that broke his fall.
As a mark of gratitude, the boy’s father later adorned the tree with a large red flower.
The incident unfolded on July 15 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, southeastern China, when the unidentified toddler was left in the care of his grandparents.
Believing the child was asleep, the grandparents briefly left home to buy groceries, locking the door of the flat to prevent him from wandering.
However, the boy woke up and made his way into the bathroom.
The bathroom window had no safety bars, so he was able to climb onto the toilet and then to the window, from which he fell.
Miraculously, his plunge was broken by a tree and he survived.
The boy was found on the ground by a resident who recorded a video and shared it with the property management group.