“I didn’t think about myself.” The savior of a child in Ard Al-Liwa reveals the moments of his fall

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After a video clip was circulated on social media sites in Egypt during the past hours, a humanitarian stance was issued by a young man who managed to save a young child from falling from the balcony of one of the properties in the Ard El-Liwa area in Giza Governorate, after he moved in the last moments and was able to catch him before he hit the ground.

The video showed the child in an extremely dangerous situation while he was on the balcony of the property, before someone present noticed his fall, and the young man rushed to try to save him, so that in the last moments he was able to pick up the child and embrace him, in a scene documented by the camera of one of those present and widely circulated by social media users.

After the video spread, Ahmed Ragab, the young man who managed to save the child, spoke to Al Arabiya.net and Al-Hadath.net, revealing the details of the moments he lived while trying to save the child, and how a few moments turned into a situation whose details he still remembers until now.

Ahmed Ragab, the 25-year-old young man who saved a child from falling, said in an exclusive statement to Al-Arabiya.net and Al-Hadath.net: “I was standing in the street normally, and suddenly I was surprised by one of the children gesturing with his hand, and when I looked at him I found him falling from above. I had no time to think, and all that came to my mind at the time was to catch the child before he reached the ground, so I moved quickly and tried to catch him.”

He added: "The child was 5 years old, and I knew that he was on the balcony of the house on the second floor, and at one point he fell from it. Everything that happened was very fast, and I did not know whether I would be able to reach him or not, but I moved automatically, because I could not stand and watch a child fall in front of my eyes without trying to save him."

He continued: "I was actually able to catch the child before he fell to the ground, and it was a very difficult moment, because I felt afraid for him, and at the same time I did not know what would happen to me while trying to save him. After I was able to catch him, I felt as if my nerves were no longer present in my body due to the intensity of tension and fear, and I did not comprehend the extent of what had happened until after the child was safe."

He explained: "At that moment, I did not think that I might be injured, and I did not think about anything other than saving the child. All I saw in front of me was a child falling, and I had to try to catch him. The seconds that passed from the moment he fell until I was able to reach him were for me very long, as if time had stopped."

He pointed out that his reaction came automatically, saying: “There was no time to think or assess the situation. I moved automatically, and perhaps if I had stopped for a moment to think about the danger, I would not have been able to reach him. Thank God I was able to catch him in time, and the most important thing to me is that nothing bad happened to the child.”

He added: "After the situation ended, I began to feel a state of extreme tension, as if my whole body was in shock over what had happened. At first I did not realize that I had been able to save him, and all I was thinking about was checking on the child and making sure he was okay, and then I began to understand the seriousness of the moments we went through."

Ahmed Ragab confirmed that the scene will remain stuck in his memory, saying: “Seeing the child falling was one of the most difficult moments I experienced, but thank God that the ending was good, and that I was able to be present in the right place and time. I did not do it looking for anything, and all I wanted was to save the child and prevent a disaster from occurring before my eyes.”