Scary moment Boy, 5, climbs out of window of his 13th-floor home after parents left him alone at home (Video)

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Scary moment Boy, 5, climbs out of window of his 13th-floor home after parents left him alone at home (Video)

 

This is the shocking moment a five-year-old boy is seen clinging to the window ledge of this 13th floor home.

The boy was left alone at home and he climbed out of the window then was seen standing on the ledge with his back against the window and holding onto the frame.

Zhou Shaoting, a neighbour, was alerted when he heard the boy crying and he tried to help him as best as he could. In the harrowing video, the neighbour is seen standing on his own balcony edge as he tried to rescue the boy, but he couldn’t find a spot to secure his feet.

Zhou immediately called security at the Crystal International Residential District in Siyang in Eastern China. Security guards and neighbours were forced to scramble and use a bed sheet to act as a temporary safety net.

As they waited for emergency services, Zhou decided to stand next to the boy.

He told China News: "I went to the floor below and held on to his legs. He wouldn't stop crying."

About 15 minutes later Mr Zhang, the boy’s grandfather, rushed back home and pulled the boy back to safety.

Watch the shocking video below.

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We are very grateful to you – President Buhari tells China

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We are very grateful to you – President Buhari tells China

 

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed appreciation to the People’s Republic of China for what he calls “genuine efforts to improve our infrastructural development.”

According to Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Buhari spoke Friday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the Chairman of China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC), Mr Fenjian Chen.

Nigeria’s infrastructure, the President said, had depreciated and deteriorated over the years, affecting standard of living, and leading to loss of lives through avoidable accidents.

“We are very grateful to China for the effort to rebuild our infrastructure, and for bringing technical expertise to the country.

“We will give the required support and cooperation, so that our old, out of date, and collapsed infrastructure might be turned around,” President Buhari said.

He promised to personally pay attention to the many projects being undertaken in the country, for the good of Nigerian people.

Mr Chen, who led a high-powered Chinese team to meet with the President, said CRCC is an international company, operating currently in 124 countries of the world. It has 18,000 local employees in Nigeria alone.

Part of projects CRCC is undertaking include rail way, dry port, free trade zone, and building of highways. About 40,000 more jobs are to be created from these.

“The sum of $250 million dollars will be invested on a dry port in Ibadan, Oyo State, and it will decongest the ports in Lagos, and speed up clearance of goods by the Customs Service,” Mr Chen said.

He commended President Buhari for the war against corruption and insecurity, expressing confidence that Nigeria will soon become a much better country.

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