Toddler's day out on sixth floor
In a scene reminiscent of the 1994 flick Baby's Day Out, an 18-month-old toddler in Hong Kong caused a sensation after he crawled out of the window of his sixth floor apartment.
A Hong Kong toddler caused a sensation after he crawled out of the window of his mother's sixth floor apartment, police said on Monday.
In a scene reminiscent of the 1994 film Baby's Day Out, the 18-month-old boy climbed out of the window via a cupboard on Sunday afternoon while his mother was sleeping and then crawled out onto the laundry rack outside.
He was spotted by alarmed passers-by while he was sitting high above the street on the rack, which was attached to the window.
The police were called and pushed a nearby cart covered in canvas as a makeshift safety cushion, but at the same time, the boy's cries awoke his mother, who dragged him back inside.
The boy was taken to a medical centre and treated for shock and bruises.
The mother was arrested for alleged neglect of a child and was later released on bail.
In the film Baby's Day Out, a baby escapes a pair of kidnappers and goes on a crawl-about in Chicago, avoiding injury in a series of near accidents, unlike the kidnappers in pursuit.