A man held up a 5-year-old boy hanging from a second-floor window until his parents returned home to save him in southernChina.

The heroic video was filmed in Yongzhou City in Hunan Province on September 26.

A boy found himself precariously hanging from the second-floor window of a restaurant. With his small hands desperately clutching the window ledge and his toes barely gripping a flimsy plastic pipe, his strength was waning.

The 38-year-old man named Peng Guangwen, on his way to work and noticing the incident, acted swiftly. Since the restaurant was close to his workplace, he rushed back to his company, grabbed a ladder, and prepared to climb down to rescue the young boy.

Beneath the window was a fragile advertising sign, and it took several adjustments and manoeuvres for Peng to carefully reach the window's level and lift the child to safety.

According to Peng's recollection, the entire rescue took about ten minutes. During this tense time, the young boy expressed his fear of falling multiple times. However, Peng patiently reassured the child, telling him that his parents were on their way and would be there very soon.

When the boy's parents arrived, they rushed up to the restaurant, opened the door, and brought their child back inside. Subsequently, concerned bystanders below raised the ladder higher and lowered it to the ground, allowing Peng to descend safely from the advertising sign.

It was later revealed that the young boy dangling from the window was the son of the restaurant's owner, Mr Deng, aged 5. At the time of the incident, Mr and Mrs Deng were away on errands, leaving their child alone at home. They had planned to have breakfast after their errands, thinking that they would return to wake their son and take him to kindergarten.

a young boy found himself precariously hanging from the third-floor window of a restaurant. With his small hands desperately clutching the window ledge and his toes barely gripping a flimsy plastic pipe, his strength was waning.

They had no idea that their child had awakened on his own, discovered the absence of adults, and, feeling scared, had made his way to the balcony in an attempt to escape.

Nearby residents noticed the child's perilous situation and immediately contacted Deng through the phone number displayed on the restaurant's sign, urging them to return quickly and unlock the door to rescue their child. It was only then that the couple became aware of the situation and hurried back.

Deng expressed his gratitude, saying, "Without him (Peng Guangwen), our family could have faced unimaginable consequences if anything had happened to our child."

As of now, the boy has made a full recovery, and Deng is determined to express his gratitude in person and present a commemorative plaque to his rescuer.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

9月26日早上，湖南永州蓝山县，一个小男孩悬在饭店三楼窗外，双手费力撑着窗台，双脚脚尖险险靠在一根并不牢靠的塑料管上，并且已有些体力不支。
38岁的彭光文上班途中发现了这一幕，因为该饭店离公司很近，他马上从公司抬来梯子，准备爬到窗下去救助小男孩。窗下是广告牌，材质并不算坚固，他爬上广告牌后匍匐着调整了好几次姿势才扶着墙壁站到窗下，用手托起小男孩。
据彭光文回忆，到救援成功，自己托着小男孩有十分钟左右。过程中，小男孩多次向他表达自己快抓不住了，彭光文耐心地安抚小男孩，告诉他爸爸妈妈已经在来的路上，马上就会回来。小男孩的父母赶到后，立马打开店门，赶到楼上将孩子抱回屋内。随后，楼下的热心群众合力将梯子抬高，待到他踩上梯子后再放至地上，彭光文这才也安全地从广告牌上下来。
经了解，悬挂在窗外的小男孩，正是该饭店店主邓先生的儿子，今年5岁。事发时邓先生夫妻二人正在外办事，只有小男孩一人在家。夫妻二人本打算在外办完事吃个早饭，等回到店里刚好叫儿子起床上幼儿园，却没料到孩子自己醒了。醒来的小男孩发现身边不见了大人，跑到楼下又发现店门被大人们反锁，由此产生害怕的情绪，便跑到三楼阳台想要跑出来。附近的居民发现小孩悬在窗外呼救后，纷纷通过饭店招牌上的电话通知邓先生夫妇，催促他们赶快回来开门救人，夫妻俩这才得知此事，立马往回赶。
邓先生说：“如果没有他（彭光文），万一小孩发生意外，我们这个家可能就毁了，这个后果想都不敢想。”
目前，小男孩的状态已经恢复平稳，邓先生表示一定要当面表达感谢之情，给恩人送锦旗。