Good Samaritan scales building to rescue toddler on roof in Woonsocket

A good Samaritan acted quickly in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, scaling the side of a building to reach a toddler on Tuesday morning who was spotted walking around on the roof, WJAR reports.

A passerby caught the moment on video, which shows the man climbing up to the balcony to reach the child who had wandered out a window of the South Main Street building.

According to the station, onlookers called 911. Police told the WJAR that the 2-year-old’s mother left the window, next to a bed, open overnight because it was hot.

Michelle Higgins told the station she saw the rescue. 

“The baby was really coming to the edge and going back, and you could see that the window was open,” Higgins said. “And the gentleman in the street was trying to tell the baby, ‘Go back, go back, go back.’ I don’t know how he got up the side of the building. My son keeps saying he has to be Spider-Man.”

According to WJAR, the state Department of Children, Youth and Families, was notified about the incident.

Dialynn Dwyer

Dialynn Dwyer is a reporter and editor at Boston.com, covering breaking and local news across Boston and New England.

 

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