Teenage boy saves toddler who fell from upstairs window by catching her before she hit the ground

A 17-year-old boy is being hailed a hero for catching a two-year-old girl after she plunged from a second-floor window.

Algerian immigrant Feuzi Zabaat, 17, noticed 2-year-old Syrian child was about to fall from the window of her home in Istanbul, Turkey. Immediately, Zabaat, who was working in a frame workshop on the same street, positioned himself underneath the second-floor apartment window and caught the girl before she hit the ground.

The child survived without injuries. 

“I did what was necessary for the love of Allah,” the heroic teenager said after the rescue.

According to local media, the toddler approached the open window of the apartment while her mother was cooking in the kitchen.

Muhammed’s family has hailed Zabaat as a hero and rewarded him 200 Turkish Lira ($35).