Crowd catches two children as they jump from apartment fire in France in ‘heroic’ rescue
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A crowd of people in France saved two children from an apartment fire, catching them as they jumped from the burning building.
The rescue of the brothers, aged three and 10, happened on Tuesday, reports CNN affiliate BFM, and was captured in remarkable video footage from a nearby building in Grenoble, southeastern France.
In the footage, one child is first dropped into the crowd, while thick black smoke billows from the flat.
The other boy then sits on the ledge for several seconds as neighbors wave him down. The child leaps forward and is again caught by the crowd.
Locals were praised by Grenoble’s mayor, who called the rescue “heroic.”
One of those who helped the children to safety was Athoumani Walid, who told BFM TV that he heard screams from outside his window when he saw the two children trapped.
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