Brave firefighter saves suicidal woman from 15th-storey ledge

A Chinese wife who attempted suicide outside her 15th-storey home has been saved by a courageous firefighter who risked his life tiptoeing across a tiny ledge.

The firefighter, unidentified, reached and grabbed the woman after walking along the ledge that's only four inches wide, according to a video posted by People's Daily on Twitter.

The incident occurred on the morning of May 6 in a residential compound in Anhui, eastern China.

The woman had argued with her husband before climbing out of her 15th-storey home and threatening suicide, said Xinhua News Agency.

She was sitting on a beam more than 150 feet above the ground and constantly crying when the fire brigade arrived at the scene.

The firefighters put an air mattress on the ground before sending an officer to try reaching the woman by walking across the ledge next to her.

In order not to be detected by the woman, the firefighter had to tiptoe while walking across the ledge, which is around four inches (10cm) wide.

After the officer managed to move near the woman, he quickly held her from behind while his colleagues tried to pull the woman into her home from the balcony.

The woman was brought to safety by the firefighter and his colleagues.