In a heroic feat, a man saved a three-year-old girl dangling from a second-floor window in London. He revealed that the cricket skills he learned in India helped him make the life-saving catch.
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The incident unfolded above a busy shopping street in Ilford, where onlookers watched as the young child clung to a window ledge several metres above the ground.
Mohamed Jesil, a father of two, rushed to help when he spotted the girl in danger. He said his reaction was instinctive.
"I ran out on instinct. I’m a dad of twins aged five months, and as a dad I just reacted," he told Metro UK.
He added: "I wasn’t scared, I just didn’t think. I’m not a hero, I just did it as a dad seeing a child in trouble."
Jesil later said his background in cricket may have helped him during the rescue: "I played cricket in India so that may have helped my catching. I just knew I had to concentrate"
The young girl was dressed in a pink jacket and brown trousers. She was seen trying hard to pull herself back to safety while hanging from the ledge above a pawnbroker's shop. Footage of the incident and the brave rescue has gone viral.
