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Man heroically rescues toddler hanging from 7th floor of building before spidering back to apartment

In a heroic moment captured on camera, a child was seen dangling out of a building before being rescued by their daring neighbor

GUANGDONG, CHINA: A neighbor in China who saw a little child perched precariously on a balcony transformed into a superhero to save the life of the kid. He rescued the child to safety before returning miraculously back to his home unharmed.

In the video, a toddler who has his head wedged between window railings, the only thing keeping him from falling seven stories down the terrace of his apartment, is shockingly hanging half in the air before help arrives. It is unclear how the toddler got into this situation but it turned out to be a lucky day as the brave neighbor showed his life-saving skills. The footage is taken in the city of Foshan, in the Guangdong Province, close to south China. It's unsettling to see the child's entire body dangling as he unsuccessfully attempts to get back onto the balcony. 

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Leaving the child unsupervised, the parents left the life of their boy endangered with what could have been a devastating fall from the high-rise building. In the footage obtained by TMZ, the toddler can be seen looking up from below and begging for assistance which was responded to by a quick-witted good Samaritan in the video as they watch the man pull off a heroic rescue. Not only did the man show speed and composure but his quick reaction and thinking saved the life of an individual, proving that real-life superheroes do exist.

The man who lives next door appeared to have jumped atop his patio gate, made his way to where the child was, and then started pushing the child back through the bars. After panning away briefly, the camera comes back into focus and reveals a woman—possibly a family member—working to help the youngster gain entry securely on the other side of the barrier. 

Eventually, the toddler is slipped back inside without suffering any injury as a result of their efforts. The neighbor then starts to slither back to his apartment as it appears he was forced to take the difficult (and perhaps hazardous) route back because he couldn't just leap the gate or enter easily as the baby boy did in between the metal bars. High-rise residences in China are well-known for being packed closely together. The structure here appears to be identical and luckily the building's design helped this man conduct a risky stunt.