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Hero saves toddler in escalator fall in Istanbul PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 28 May 2010
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This is not local news, but a story from Turkey, with a happy ending.

Remarkable CCTV images have emerged on BBC News Online, of a shopkeeper, Ali Apari, catching a child who fell from an escalator in an Istanbul shopping centre.

The fall of around four and a half metres, on to a hard floor could have caused serious injury, or even worse.  What a hero!

See the video clip below.  Click on Read more...

BBC News Online - Turkish Hero

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