Rabat- Mohamed Bahi, a 69-year old Moroccan living in Belgium jumped into a river to save a child from drowning in Brussels and broke his leg.
The Belgian media hailed Mohamed Bahi’s brave act, saving the life of the Belgian child from drowning in the Meuse River on Wednesday, calling it an “heroic gesture”.
Although he is 69 years old, Bahi immediately jumped into the river when he saw a two year old child drowning in the Meuse.
Mohamed Bahi saved the child’s life, but he broke his leg. In a statement to La Libre, Mohamed Bahi said that he didn’t “think, I just jumped into the water. I caught him and I managed to hang on to the edge”.
The child, who went home safe on Wednesday, came back with his family to visit his hero in the hospital and thank him for saving his life.
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