Hero grandmother, 64, catches toddler after he falls 20ft from an open window while she was walking home with her shopping in Russia
- Svetlana Sanarova, 64, saw a toddler clinging precariously to a 2nd floor window
- She dropped her bags and rushed holding her arms out under the window
- Svetlana arrived in time to catch the boy after his 20ft fall in Novokuznetsk A hero grandmother saved the life of a toddler who fell 20ft from the open window of an apartment block in Russia.
Svetlana Saranova, 64, was walking home from the supermarket when she caught toddler Egor Teryokhin as he fell from the window of his parent's apartment.
It is thought that Egor was playing with his mother but had managed to get out of the window when she let him alone for a moment to make a bottle for him to drink.
Svetlana's heroic act was caught on CCTV that was released by local officials who now plan to honour her for her feat.
Svetlana Sanarova, 64, was walking home from a supermarket when she saw a toddler clinging precariously to a second floor window
In the shock of the moment he thanked her but did not ask her name and Svetlana left the scene.
Only six days later was the woman identified as the authorities prepare to honour her for her act.
'It was only afterwards that my blood pressure rose,' said the grandmother-of-one.
The father said he thought his wife was looking after the boy, while she had gone to get a bottle for their other child.
CCTV shows how she arrived in time to catch the boy called Egor (pictured) after this 20ft fall in Russian city Novokuznetsk
Svetlana Sanarova, 64, dropped her bags and rushed holding her arms out to be under the window
The couple have a daughter, four, and twins, the boy who fell and his sister, 18 months old.
Svetlana said: 'I saw him from a distance away, standing in the window.
'And then... I did not know what to do.
'And what would you do? I thought, if I didn't catch him, he would crash before my eyes.
In the shock of the moment the boy's father Dmitry Teryokhin, 27, thanked her but did not ask her name and Svetlana left the scene
The couple have a daughter, four, and twins, the boy who fell and his sister, 18 months old
'I needed to run and catch, or it would be much worse.
'He turned out to be rather heavy, but I did not think about the risk at that moment.'
She said the father gave her money - 1,000 roubles, or £10.
'I refused, because this offended me.
'He put it in my bag anyway, so it is laying on my table at home now.
'I don't need it.'
Svetlana said that she saw the boy from a distance away, standing in the window, adding: 'I needed to run and catch, or it would be much worse'
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