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Hospital visitor rescues girl from swimming pool
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-03-13 10:54

A man in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, jumped out of a second floor window to rescue a little girl from a swimming pool.

The hero, surnamed Xu, 35, said he went to see his sister in a hospital.

"I went to the balcony of the ward and saw a little girl struggling in a pool. Seeing it was only 3 to 4 meters from the balcony to the pool, I decided to jump into the pool to rescue the girl in order to save time," Xu said.

The 6-year-old girl was saved but Xu's right foot was injured.

(Chengdu Commercial Daily)