This heart-stopping video shows a toddler clinging to the ledge of a high-rise building in Brazil. Onlookers gather on the street below, ready to catch the child in the event of his seemingly inevitable fall. But soon enough, two people arrive on the balcony to carry him to safety, and the crowd erupts in cheers.
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