06 May,2010 07:29 AM IST | | Agencies
A boy in China was saved from certain death of an eight-storey fall when his head got stuck in the bars of a window after he fell through.
Ming Ming, aged six, was only prevented from plunging straight through the grate to his death by his ears.
Instead, he was left dangling high above the street, to the terror of passers-by below.
His screams, audible at street level, alerted them to his life-threatening predicament.
Rescue operation
Emergency services raced to save him, worried the weight of his body might pull him through the bars or cause him to suffocate. They used a hydraulic pressure expander to force the bars apart and pulled Ming Ming back into his family's flat.
A large crowd gathered on the street below as they carried out the rescue.
He is believed to have wandered to the window while looking for his grandfather, who had left him sleeping to run an errand.
Fire service spokesman Wang Shen said it was a miraculous escape.
He said, "He could have fallen to the ground or have been suffocated at any minute."
