3 men form human pyramid to save toddler from perilous fall (VIDEO)

13 Aug, 2017 15:19 / Updated 7 years ago

Video footage caught the dramatic moment a young girl came dangerously close to falling off a third-floor window ledge in Astana, Kazakhstan. Three heroic men stepped in, going to incredible lengths to save the child.

The rescuers first parked a GAZelle truck just in front of the multi-story building to reach the girl, believed to be 3 or 4 years old.

The height of the vehicle did not suffice, however, prompting one of the men to climb on the shoulders of the other, to get to the child.

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According to one of the rescuers, Daulet Imanzhanov, the incident took place on Thursday after the girl pushed open a mosquito net and sat on the window sill.

The parents of the child were not at home at the time of the incident.