My thoughts exactly. I'm an architect and as far as I know, windows that open at floor level like this would be illegal in the US, Canada, and pretty much anywhere else! Unless of course the kid stacked furniture on the inside and claimed up and out of the window...
The four year old son of Eric Clapton fell out of an open window on the 53rd floor, if I'm not mistaken. I always wonder why there are windows on the 53rd floor that can open in the first place, let alone one where a four year old can fall out of.
I love how everyone is freaking out about you making a massive balls joke when this is maybe the second time I've seen it. Though I'm fairly certain it's the first.
Even the biggest of human balls aren’t going to weigh more than say 50g each. I think that window frame can easily support 100g. In all sincerity I’m more concerned with the force applied by catching the falling child. A child is going to weigh as much 2-300 testes.
Staaaahhhp!!! Just stop. Toddlers are Wiley little creatures. You turn your head for 2 seconds and BOOM! They’ve backed a car into the neighbors house. It happened. My youngest brother. Who had 4 older sibs and 2 parents watching.
One question I have is how did the guy downstairs hear the kid but the parents didn't? It's not like he could see the kid out his window, he had to open his window and look up.
Tbh, I’d blame the designer over the parent. You can turn around for literally 5 seconds and a toddler can get into something dangerous. It’s amazing how we all survived after being a toddler.
Something easily could have happened doesn't mean that they are stupid imo. But then again my kid tried to eat hand sanitizer I had to call poison control so what do I know
You have no idea how quickly an infant/toddler/child can move if you take your eye off them. I had an infant nephew fall out of a 2nd story window, he’s okay now thank goodness but at the time it was extremely scary for the parents, and they’re not the stupid ass “parents” you’re imagining, it could happen to anyone
I'm curious as to what the reception is to acts of heroism like this where this took place (my first assumption was Kazakhstan but I don't have much to go on).
Guaranteed these windows at one point had window limiters. You can regulate all you want during construction but impossible to regulate what someone does in their own home.
Architect here, residential windows that are less than 75 feet from the ground are required to open enough so you can be rescued in the event of a fire.
For a lot of places around the world, these types of windows are normal. Only in the U.S. and Canada primarily do we see that every single window has a screen paired to it.
People who don’t have kids don’t get this. I can barely even watch movies where kids are in danger anymore. And it happened on the exact day my daughter was born. I remember thinking that I would tear apart with my bare hands anyone that tried to hurt her, and I’m not normally a violent, macho kind of guy. It’s been 10 years now and it’s a little less overwhelming but man… those parental instincts.
I am in tears watching this - I don’t know what i would do in this situation. I’m frozen with my fear of heights and I don’t know how I’d react even with my own kids. I’d love to think I’d do the same, but a part of me fears I couldn’t move my feet to even take the first step.
I would like to think that I would have done attempted the same, but I have my doubts. On the other had how could you live with yourself if you didn't? Grateful that I've never had this kind of opportunity.
i'm literally sitting thinking what i could have done. There is no way i would be able to climb out of the window like that man, I dont have the arm strength and i'm terribly afraid of heights...
I guess I would have attempted, might go as far as hanging out the window but reaching the kids legs and catching I would be too nervous and scared. Much more likely hang from window until someone pulls the kid up but you never know when actual situation arise.
The only reason I can say with confidence that I would have done the same is because husband and I own climbing equipment and could literally belay each other out the window, so it'd be safe, lol.
I'll be real with you, I wouldn't even try, because even if I had the courage to do it (which I hope to never find out), I would not have a clue to how to actually accomplish that. It's a miracle that I can walk with my sense of balance.
Honestly I’d probably die for a stranger but I don’t think you could get me to balance on a window that high up. I’d rather be shot then even attempt it
Last ditch effort in case plan A failed, I guess. It isn’t inconceivable that a small enough child could have their impact decreased enough enough by such an attempt to survive. There are YouTube videos out there of similar things happening. But yeah, the person doing it usually ends up with broken arms.
I mean if I saw this going down on the street and there was no one else helping I’d probably stand below the window because I could break the child’s fall and maybe save their life if worse came to worst. I’m not going to stand underneath anything much bigger than a toddler though, no point in us both definitely dying.
Likely hoping he could catch the kid in the bag to help break the fall. Would still be very dangerous for the kid, but if he can break any of the fall then its better than just hitting the ground.
Thanks, raises my questions of how the neighbor noticed and had time to climb out the window to heroically save the child before the parents, who are apparently at home, had time to go pick her up from inside
You would be surprised how tough it is to break down a door without the right tools. Also, imagine making that decision, leaving the window to go upstairs and find you didn’t make it in time.
Yea I don't understand this either. Why not go into the apartment this is happening in and pull her back in. Also was no one in the same apartment when it happen?
Also he managed not to clip his fingers on top side, able to maintain balance anticipating the falling girl's weight landing on his other arm all while not closing the window. Definitely angels and physics gods watching that guy.
I remember seeing this video once before, it happened in Kazakhstan. the parent had stepped out of the house to go shopping or something. The man on the window was a passerby heading to work who saw a crowd watching the toddler climbing out and ran upstairs to save her.
For real, the true hero here is the engineer who designed the fixings on the window! Of course, ideally you wouldn't be able to climb out of an 8th storey window...
Give all the money in the world to that guy , what a legend. Life saver. That kid will probably never remeber this, I hope she will always be safe and be able to thank that hero someday when someone show the kid this video (which she will probably never see - it won't be the "parents" showing it for sure)
Where the hell is the parent/guardian responsible for watching the 3-year-old dangling outside of an 8-story window? Couldn't they have lifted the child back inside from the apartment? What the fuck.
In the UK I guess we have safety regulations prohibiting these kind of windows in high rise flats. We just clad our flats in highly flammable material instead.
What a Fucken hero! But honestly does that guy at the end of the video in the bottom of the building really think he would’ve caught the baby with that towel he’s holding?
Are those windows the best idea?
Well if you don’t climb out of them…. Than sure
Would have thought building regs would limit how far they open above the ground floor.
This is why safety codes and minimum standards exist, and inspections are required on new construction.
I'll say this: They're sturdy enough to support a grown man. Well made.
Those windows are terrible. There should be bars across them.
Maybe they're installed upside down? Here they open on the upper side instead of below..
The man’s a effing Hero I tells ya…
Lots of faith in them by holding onto/standing on them.
Not all hero’s wear capes, I bet he wished he had one during that scary moment.
Not for little fucking kids no. Ask Eric Clapton he wrote a damn song about it.
Well when it's an emergency to save you need to take risks the little child is scared, the guy did what he had to!
Right? They look like fuckin people chutes
He put a lot of faith in that window. Well made it seems.
It's all you need to know about Kazakhstan's construction safety regulations
My thoughts exactly. I'm an architect and as far as I know, windows that open at floor level like this would be illegal in the US, Canada, and pretty much anywhere else! Unless of course the kid stacked furniture on the inside and claimed up and out of the window...
The four year old son of Eric Clapton fell out of an open window on the 53rd floor, if I'm not mistaken. I always wonder why there are windows on the 53rd floor that can open in the first place, let alone one where a four year old can fall out of.
Whoever the architect is that placed those windows in the design should lose their architecture license. PERIOD.
Just a few months ago, a child died from the building across the street from me in this exact same scenario, except 11th floor.
How did that window support the weight of his massive balls?
He built the windows too.
Jesus Christ, just the level of confidence - even pulling down on little girls legs.
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This comment again? Jesus christ
Fuck the haters
DAE HIS MASSIVE LE BALLS !?!?!!?! bacon narwhal
The only thing bigger was the size of those hinges holding the window in place.
I propose a campaign to use the "massive balls" jokes MORE
I can’t believe people are getting mad over this.
Everyone who got mad either has small balls or would have small balls if they had them
Shut up
No doubt! The strength, balls and trust in the windows is astounding.
Personally I thought it was a good comment to make.
I dont care what everyone else says, i liked your joke
what an original comment. every thread with something similar you know you will find the version of this comment.
Wow how original
Don't apologize, keep them ball jokes coming. Haters gonna hate, let them go on hating classic jokes and such.
Fuck the miserable haters yo
They need to piss off, it’s just a comment
I love how everyone is freaking out about you making a massive balls joke when this is maybe the second time I've seen it. Though I'm fairly certain it's the first.
lmao why are so many people heated over this comment? 1 or 2 people having a bad day I could understand, but there's like 10 +
Even the biggest of human balls aren’t going to weigh more than say 50g each. I think that window frame can easily support 100g. In all sincerity I’m more concerned with the force applied by catching the falling child. A child is going to weigh as much 2-300 testes.
Great guy. Now where is the stupid ass “parent” watching this kid
Honestly I’m less mad at the parent and more at the designer of this window. It looks easy enough for a kid to push open even if it was shut.
This doesn’t automatically make the parent a “stupid ass”
Clearly you don't have kids.
Have you ever tried to watch a hyper intelligent monkey 24 hours a day?
Staaaahhhp!!! Just stop. Toddlers are Wiley little creatures. You turn your head for 2 seconds and BOOM! They’ve backed a car into the neighbors house. It happened. My youngest brother. Who had 4 older sibs and 2 parents watching.
One question I have is how did the guy downstairs hear the kid but the parents didn't? It's not like he could see the kid out his window, he had to open his window and look up.
I’m guessing you might not be a parent.
Tell me you aren't a parent without telling me you aren't a parent
He is currently writing a hit new single, "Tears In Heaven Part 2, Electric Boogaloo."
Tbh, I’d blame the designer over the parent. You can turn around for literally 5 seconds and a toddler can get into something dangerous. It’s amazing how we all survived after being a toddler.
Something easily could have happened doesn't mean that they are stupid imo. But then again my kid tried to eat hand sanitizer I had to call poison control so what do I know
You have no idea how quickly an infant/toddler/child can move if you take your eye off them. I had an infant nephew fall out of a 2nd story window, he’s okay now thank goodness but at the time it was extremely scary for the parents, and they’re not the stupid ass “parents” you’re imagining, it could happen to anyone
Fucking hero.
My heart skipped a beat when the kid was in the air for a split second, He is a damn hero
Came here to say the exact same thing
100%. He really did the thing and did it flawlessly.
I'm curious as to what the reception is to acts of heroism like this where this took place (my first assumption was Kazakhstan but I don't have much to go on).
The windows should be suicide/child-proof. Wherever this is has poor regulations or enforcement.
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Guaranteed these windows at one point had window limiters. You can regulate all you want during construction but impossible to regulate what someone does in their own home.
You let me decide when I want commit suicide, okey?
Architect here, residential windows that are less than 75 feet from the ground are required to open enough so you can be rescued in the event of a fire.
Parents should have put some sort of locks on the windows
For a lot of places around the world, these types of windows are normal. Only in the U.S. and Canada primarily do we see that every single window has a screen paired to it.
Those are the new Suicide Encouragement windows
As someone afraid of heights, this scares me. As the father of a 5 month old, this makes my soul leave my body.
People who don’t have kids don’t get this. I can barely even watch movies where kids are in danger anymore. And it happened on the exact day my daughter was born. I remember thinking that I would tear apart with my bare hands anyone that tried to hurt her, and I’m not normally a violent, macho kind of guy. It’s been 10 years now and it’s a little less overwhelming but man… those parental instincts.
I am in tears watching this - I don’t know what i would do in this situation. I’m frozen with my fear of heights and I don’t know how I’d react even with my own kids. I’d love to think I’d do the same, but a part of me fears I couldn’t move my feet to even take the first step.
Each one of us can only hope and dream that if we are in a situation like that we'd do the same thing.
I would like to think that I would have done attempted the same, but I have my doubts. On the other had how could you live with yourself if you didn't? Grateful that I've never had this kind of opportunity.
i'm literally sitting thinking what i could have done. There is no way i would be able to climb out of the window like that man, I dont have the arm strength and i'm terribly afraid of heights...
I guess I would have attempted, might go as far as hanging out the window but reaching the kids legs and catching I would be too nervous and scared. Much more likely hang from window until someone pulls the kid up but you never know when actual situation arise.
PRO TIP::: If you watch, you will notice he DOUBLE CHECKS THE WINDOW.
Bruh i would have kill both me and the kid. I would have tried to run and break the door of that apartement tho.
I would have wanted to, but I'm not sure I would have known how. I'm really not sure how that guy was able to do that.
The only reason I can say with confidence that I would have done the same is because husband and I own climbing equipment and could literally belay each other out the window, so it'd be safe, lol.
I'll be real with you, I wouldn't even try, because even if I had the courage to do it (which I hope to never find out), I would not have a clue to how to actually accomplish that. It's a miracle that I can walk with my sense of balance.
To be fair most people should not attempt this. Worst case scenario, the would be hero falls and the girl falls and they both die.
Living in the US, I doubt half our population could even physically do this. And I'm probably being generous with that number.
Honestly I’d probably die for a stranger but I don’t think you could get me to balance on a window that high up. I’d rather be shot then even attempt it
Personally I know I wouldn't have done this.
I want to know what the plan was with the guy with a bag at the bottom
clean up crew.
Pretty sure it was to be killed by the falling 3 year old.
Last ditch effort in case plan A failed, I guess. It isn’t inconceivable that a small enough child could have their impact decreased enough enough by such an attempt to survive. There are YouTube videos out there of similar things happening. But yeah, the person doing it usually ends up with broken arms.
Thank you! Wondering if someone else noticed. In no way would that bag have done anything helpful. But A for effort…
Had to scroll down too far to find this comment, which I was going to do in case no one else had. Glad you did the duty.
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I mean if I saw this going down on the street and there was no one else helping I’d probably stand below the window because I could break the child’s fall and maybe save their life if worse came to worst. I’m not going to stand underneath anything much bigger than a toddler though, no point in us both definitely dying.
Makes you wonder how long that kid was holding on for if they had time to do all this
Likely hoping he could catch the kid in the bag to help break the fall. Would still be very dangerous for the kid, but if he can break any of the fall then its better than just hitting the ground.
I mean someone would have had to pick up the body.
They had no idea wtf to do but felt the like a moral obligation to do at least something
I almost laughed when it panned down to show the guy. good intentions but my guy what are you thinking. your gonna catch her in a trash bag?
How is that kid hanging for so long?? That three year old is stronger than most 16 year olds
Babies are creepy strong sometimes
standing on the silver railing if you look closer
Children have a phenomenal strength to weight ratio
To be fair they have less body weight too
Adrenaline? Humanity can do crazy stuff in crazy circumstances:D
You every try to wrestle with a baby to lay down so you can put a diaper or some clothes on them? They get crazy strong at the weirdest moments.
Adrenaline is one hell of a drug
A holdover from when humans lived in trees?
It’s a natural reflex under a certain age. See, give a baby a finger to hold
It's not about strength. Grip endurance when hanging goes down dramatically with weight.
When you're holding on for your life you can access strength beyond normal limits.
The hero is Sabit Shontakbaev. This happened in Kazakhstan in May 2022. Thank you
It is a poetic reward for his children to come live with him in a nice apartment.
Turns out he didn't even live in that apartment below!
and was awarded a medal by the city’s deputy emergency minister.
How did this happen in 2012? It says the child was born in 2019...time traveling child?
So what happened to the mother? Arrested and lost custody or what??
i dont know why but his comments made me teary. a true hero.
Negligent mother needs her ass beat and jailed
What kind of dumbass mom leaves her 3 year old home by themselves? Holy shit she's so lucky this dude was there to save her kid.
Happens last year in Kazakhstan -
Thanks, raises my questions of how the neighbor noticed and had time to climb out the window to heroically save the child before the parents, who are apparently at home, had time to go pick her up from inside
amazing. thank you.
This explains the lack of window guards. Building regulations are lax in Kazakhstan.
In Kazakhstan, if you climb out window you must climb back in! Yes even small child. Is good lesson.
I think we need a "department for emergency situations"...
wa wa wee wa!
Go break down the door of the fucking apartment she is hanging out of and pull her back in why go Spider-Man on the outside I don’t understand
You’re assuming somebody else is not also trying to do that.
Apartment buildings often have fire doors. You ain't gonna break down one of those, trust me.
You would be surprised how tough it is to break down a door without the right tools. Also, imagine making that decision, leaving the window to go upstairs and find you didn’t make it in time.
Yea I don't understand this either. Why not go into the apartment this is happening in and pull her back in. Also was no one in the same apartment when it happen?
Good luck. Its prolly a fire door with a deadbolt. They are designed to prevent this kind of thing.
Depends on the door, good luck trying to break through the 200kg in mine!
The baby cannot hang for a long time
Your better off crawling through the ceiling and breaking through the floor than breaking into an apartment door.
Maybe that's why the kid jumped out the window, the Boogie man trying to bust the door down.
That would make a pretty boring video
Absolute legend. I passed out 3 times while watching the video due to the height. No idea how he managed to not make any mistake.
Also he managed not to clip his fingers on top side, able to maintain balance anticipating the falling girl's weight landing on his other arm all while not closing the window. Definitely angels and physics gods watching that guy.
Experience having to stay calm under pressure is a big thing...
Wait....you just passed out 3 times? Good god, my man.
That was stressful! Def a hero!
Super heros are real!
And most of them dont wear capes
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Why did I have to scroll so far down to see this?!
Faith in humanity went up just a lil bit
Child was fucking around so hard she was discovering natural selection
I have been told that children between 1-5 are just constantly trying to find new ways to kill themselves.
She just had two options to quit or just stick around to save herself the girl got the courage as well.
Came here to see how many people wondered where baby’s guardian was that whole time?
Not enough. They could have just pulled her in!
I remember seeing this video once before, it happened in Kazakhstan. the parent had stepped out of the house to go shopping or something. The man on the window was a passerby heading to work who saw a crowd watching the toddler climbing out and ran upstairs to save her.
TBH I'd assumed the kid had locked herself in the room with the window or something like that.
All through this time I was asking the same question what the fuck were they doing?
Strong window
For real, the true hero here is the engineer who designed the fixings on the window! Of course, ideally you wouldn't be able to climb out of an 8th storey window...
When everything just supports you and luck be all on your favour though.
The right guy at the right time.
Just the timing and he made upto that and even the girl vomitted too as well.
Give this man a metal and money
Agreed. Give that man some titanium metal to Match his gigantic titanium balls.
*medal
He was given an appartment (and his friend who hold him too).
Or like a bravery award would indeed be good for him just to remember what he have done!
He got both, and keys to a new apartment too
That’s the last fresh air that kid’s apartment ever got
My question is what were the parents doing and how come this little girl get there?
I want to trust someone like he trusts that window
He is the true hero
⚠️ Emergency stress-relief bubble wrap:
Had to check what sub I was in before watching the rest of that video
Giga chad pp
That man is a legend.
Give all the money in the world to that guy , what a legend. Life saver. That kid will probably never remeber this, I hope she will always be safe and be able to thank that hero someday when someone show the kid this video (which she will probably never see - it won't be the "parents" showing it for sure)
this girl was literally on the next fucking level
Just wanna say that why people are still yet busy filming this when they can actually help to rescue.
bro stopped natural selection
He's a braver man than i am. Im the dude taking vdo and eating ice cream
Where the hell is the parent/guardian responsible for watching the 3-year-old dangling outside of an 8-story window? Couldn't they have lifted the child back inside from the apartment? What the fuck.
I'm surprised the window could hold the massive weight of his balls.
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would you know my name, if I saw you in heaven
Don’t worry there is a guy at the bottom ready to catch em while holding a shirt
Awful fucking window design. I would be afraid to stand next to it even as an adult.
Appears clark Kent got laser eye surgery, good for him.
Now that took courage.
Love the fact there’s someone at the bottom waiting to catch the kid.
This dude deserves a fuckin cash reward.
In the UK I guess we have safety regulations prohibiting these kind of windows in high rise flats. We just clad our flats in highly flammable material instead.
What a Fucken hero! But honestly does that guy at the end of the video in the bottom of the building really think he would’ve caught the baby with that towel he’s holding?
The friendly neighbour we need.
Goddamned hero and worst window design.
Break that door down.
Pull her back in the building now that she is safe Michael.
Terrible window design
Them windows are sturdy af!