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A young father has been being hailed a hero after he saved a child from a vicious pitbull attack by single-handedly fighting off the animal before placing the child on top of a car.
Security cameras caught the moment Patrick do Céu, 20, bravely fought off the dog as it mauled four-year-old Joao Pedro on the ground in Parque Anchieta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 19.
The horrific scenes show the animal biting at the child's arms and legs, latching onto the boy's head and dragging him around on the ground in the ferocious assault.
Both victims suffered injuries that needed stitches.