A Chinese woman made her two young children sit on an air conditioning unit outside their flat on the 23rd floor during an argument with her husband.
A neighbor shot a video of the incident which went viral on the social media.
On the morning of October 10, the residents of a community in Luoyang, Henan province, heard the cries of a little girl and found her with her brother in the dangerous situation, reported the South China Morning Post.
In the viral video, their mother can be seen sitting on the adjoining windowsill, arguing loudly with her husband and stopping him from approaching the children. The terrified girl was sobbing, while the little boy remained relatively calm.
A nearby resident reported the incident to the police.
“The firefighting vehicle came and the children were rescued,” an official at the local Women and Children’s Federation said, adding that they were looking into the case. The police are also investigating the incident.
The viral video clip triggered huge outrage in China.
One user said: “A mother should protect her children. But she put her children in dire danger. She is not fit to be a mother.”
Another user wrote: “If an accident happened, she will regret it more than anyone else. Why adopt such an extreme measure? Calm down. If you cannot live with him any longer, just divorce him.”
Another user said: “This woman is insane and horrible! She should receive serious judicial punishment.”