Italy: Argentina saved a child's life by grabbing him in the air after falling off the balcony

A young Argentinean rescued today a four year old boy who fell from the second floor by successfully catching him in the air, which happened in the city of Lodi in the north from Italy.

The boy is admitted to the hospital Vizzolo Predabissi of Milan for medical examinations. He is out of danger and has survived thanks to Angel Micael Vargas Fernández, a 20-year-old Argentinian.

During the rescue operation, Vargas Fernández fell violently to the ground and was also transferred to the health center due to bruising.

Witnesses told the press that the young man was not hesitant, approached the balcony when he saw the child in danger and managed to catch him in the air. avoiding the impact on the ground, which could have been deadly.

The boy was mounted on the balcony and was leaning outward, hanging on the railing and hanging in the air shouting in fear, said neighbors at the ANSA agency.

Vargas Fernández first took a Mercedes pickup truck under the balcony on which he climbed to approach the boy. That's when the little boy moved that he lost balance and that during the fall of Argentina, he had the reflexes to get out of the van and out of the way. Stop in the air.

Argentina has fallen to the ground, protecting the child from impact against the ground. A few hours later, it was learned that the boy had been alone in the house for a few minutes, the Italian authorities said.

Vargas Fernández was born in Argentina and has been living in Italy for 12 years in Sordio (Lodi), authorities said.

He studies computer science in evening clbades at Itis Volta in Lodi and works as an employee in the car wash area of ​​a nearby petrol station, where the child has fallen.

Lodi is a municipality of about 43,000 inhabitants of the south central Lombard region.