A woman ran to rescue a girl that fell down on an escalator at a mall in northern China.

CCTV footage filmed in the city of Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province on January 31, shows a girl attempting to step onto an escalator going up before suddenly tumbling down.

A woman on another escalator going down next to it spotted the incident and left her 5-year-old daughter to save the girl.

Fortunately, the girl only suffered minor injuries to her forehead. The woman later handed the girl over to her parents.

According to reports, the woman who rescued the girl is a police officer named Li Dongxue. She was about to go back home with her daughter after having dinner in the shopping mall when she saw the incident.

In another clip, Li explains: "When I saw the child fall, my first instinct was to go and protect her because I am also a mother. I feel relieved after I picked her up and found that she was not seriously injured."

The video was provided by local media with permission.

近日，河北秦皇岛一商场，一名脱离家长看护的女童，独自走上了自动扶梯，女童尚未站稳就摔倒在扶梯上。危急时刻，一位年轻的妈妈，撇下自己5岁的女儿，扔下手机飞奔到扶梯上抱起跌倒的女童。
所幸女童只是额头略有磕碰，并无大碍，这位妈妈将女童交给随后赶来的家长。
事后，商场通过监控录像，终于查找到了这位好心妈妈。她是秦皇岛市公安局一名辅警，叫李冬雪。当天李冬雪带着女儿，在商场就餐后准备回家，在乘扶梯下楼时，目睹了女童摔倒在扶梯上。
李冬雪说，当看到孩子摔倒时，她第一反应就是冲上去保护孩子
因为她自己也是一个孩子的母亲。