Hero, 24, climbs two storey building to save his neighbour, 80, from plunging to her death from the balcony of her flat in Spain
- Camilo Medina said he acted ‘without thinking’ to rescue an elderly neighbour who was stuck over the railing of her second floor balcony
- He grabbed a ladder to climb to the first-floor of the building, then used a ledge to pull himself up to the second floor and lifting the woman to safety
- A video shows him balancing perilously on the first-floor railing as he tries to find a way to the second floor
- The psychology student has been praised by local media and social media users for his quick thinking, which helped avoid disaster
- Police arrived shortly after the rescue and the woman was taken to hospital for a check up
A man has been hailed as a hero for scaling a two-storey building to rescue an elderly neighbour who was about to fall from her balcony.
Camilo Medina, 24, climbed up to rescue the 80-year-old woman who had gotten stuck on the balcony of a building in Calahorra, a city in Spain’s La Rioja region, on Monday afternoon.
The woman, who has not been named, is believed to be suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
A video of the dramatic rescue shows Medina balancing perilously on the rail of the first-floor balcony while the woman hangs over the edge of the balcony above – almost 10 metres from the ground.
A man has scaled a two-storey building to rescue an elderly neighbour after noticing she was about to fall from her balcony. Camilo Medina, 24, climbed up to rescue the 80-year-old woman who had gotten stuck on the balcony of a building in Calahorra, a city in Spain’s La Rioja region, on Monday afternoon
After balancing perilously on the first-floor balcony railing, Medina uses a ledge to pull himself up onto the second floor and runs over to the woman
Medina then uses a ledge to pull himself up onto the second floor and runs over to the woman.
He scoops her up and lifts her off of the rail to safety as onlookers cheer from the street below.
In the video, which appears to be shot from a window across the street, a man and a woman are heard commenting on Medina’s bravery.
Medina, a psychology student, was passing by the woman’s building, which is located near his family’s business, when he heard her screaming in distress.
‘I was in the store with my mother when my father came in saying that a lady was about to fall out of the window, Medina told local news outlet Diario La Rioja.
‘Without thinking, I took the ladder from the store, climbed to the first-floor balcony and kept climbing up however I could.
Once he reaches the woman, Medina scoops her up and lifts her off of the rail to safety as onlookers cheer from the street below
Police arrived shortly after the rescue and the woman, who is believed to be suffering from Parkinson’s, was taken to hospital for a check-up
‘When I made it to her I felt very nervous and I remembered that she had told us this winter that she had Parkinson’s,’ he told the outlet, adding that the woman lives with relatives but was alone at the time.
Police arrived shortly afterward the woman was rescued but could not enter the woman’s flat as it had been locked from the inside and Medina could not find the keys.
Officers contacted the woman’s son-in-law who came and let them into the flat.
The woman was later transferred to a local hospital for a check-up.
Medina has been hailed as a hero by local media and social media users for his quick thinking and bravery.