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A four-year-old boy died after jumping down from the fourth floor of a building in China.
His elder brother, six, who also jumped and was seen falling down with his hands outstretched like Superman, was saved.
According to a shop owner on the groiund floor of the building, she heard a loud bang at around 3.30pm.
When she walked out of the shop, she saw a boy lying in a pool of blood.
"I did not know how he fell but one minute later the people who had gathered there and I saw another boy on a fourth-floor balcony.
"We shouted to him not to jump but it was too late," she said, adding that the boy jumped down with his arms outstretched like Superman.
She said the witnesses tried to catch the boy but failed.
It is believed the boys were mimicking the comic-book superhero Superman.
The boys were sent to a local hospital where the elder brother was saved after emergency treatment.
The younger one died about two hours later.
Source: Nanfang Daily / China Daily
His elder brother, six, who also jumped and was seen falling down with his hands outstretched like Superman, was saved.
According to a shop owner on the groiund floor of the building, she heard a loud bang at around 3.30pm.
When she walked out of the shop, she saw a boy lying in a pool of blood.
"I did not know how he fell but one minute later the people who had gathered there and I saw another boy on a fourth-floor balcony.
"We shouted to him not to jump but it was too late," she said, adding that the boy jumped down with his arms outstretched like Superman.
She said the witnesses tried to catch the boy but failed.
It is believed the boys were mimicking the comic-book superhero Superman.
The boys were sent to a local hospital where the elder brother was saved after emergency treatment.
The younger one died about two hours later.
Source: Nanfang Daily / China Daily
