Firefighters in Jerusalem managed to safely rescue a one-year-old baby whose head was trapped between the bars of the balcony, and almost fell from the fifth floor
Firefighters rescued a one-year-old baby who was trapped in his head between bars outside the balcony of his fifth-floor home in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Romema in Jerusalem.
One-year-old stuck with his head outside the balcony of the 5th floor // Photo: YR and Benzi Lizerovich - Kol Chai
This morning around 10 a.m., firefighters were rushed to an apartment on Sorotskin Street in Jerusalem, following a report of a baby hanging on his head from bars on the porch of his fifth-floor home. Firefighters and rescue crews, who arrived quickly, immediately identified the little boy as he was hanging out on the porch and could fall at any moment.
The firefighters who reached the trapped baby saw that the boy had managed to get his whole body out of the bars, and fortunately only the fact that his head did not move between the bars did not fall from the fifth floor. The baby is rescued using a dedicated and surgical tool for extracting bars, a hydraulic tool that operates quietly and safely for the baby.
Throughout the rescue, the rescuers secured the baby and reassured him. Once stuck his head through the bars, picked up the baby through the porch into the house and took him to a treatment and testing of MDA.
In advocacy of Fire and Rescue Israel remind the public: "Be sure and install valves are safe and standardized, such that small children can not enter the Their head and body to them. In any case of rescue, fire or emergency assistance, call 102 and the firefighters will reach you quickly. "