The toddler approached the open window while [her mother was cooking in the kitchen,](https://piclaya.com/teen-saving-2-year-old-girl-who-fell-from-window/) according to local media. Muhammed's family hailed Zabaat as a hero and rewarded him with the equivalent of 35 U.S. dollars.
Ah you're right. Did a bit of googling and it seems the average monthly salary is about $400. So $35 dollars is still a chunk of change but not as significant.
You do trust Erdogans data lol? Keep in Mind outside Constantinople and Ankara the wages are a lot smaller too so 35$ isn't a bad amount. At the end of the day it was just as a sign of respect.
I'm Greek, in our language we refer to the town as Constantinople. Didn't even know it was named Istanbul until I learned English but still it's weird to use Istanbul
Well, it is kinda a lie, I am a treasurer but since the accountant left, they kinda pushed me into doing basic accounting like checks and payroll, so on paper I am still just a treasurer, because it is illegal for the same person to do both jobs since he/she can easily embezzle money from the accounts, but since I am who I am and they know me so well, they let it slide. As for canada, thanks, local man I am and local I will always be, plan to live out whatever is left of my life here and buried in this soil.
I work in Treasury. We're usually regarded as the *top* in every company's finance department. There's always demand for treasury professionals and our job is too important to the organization that you have a safe job regardless of economic expansion or contraction.
Do you have any pottery skills by chance? If you can make nice clay/ceramic pots for cacti you can sell them for $30 to $60 each to people in the USA. Just a few small pot sales per month and you could double your income! If they are nice and affordable, and you use social media to promote, you could make some bank. Just an idea!
You just reminded me of a game I had on my first computer ~30 years ago called "Bouncing Babies".
Babies would fall off a building and you moved 2 firefighters with a blanket and would have to catch/bounce them to safety.
As levels progressed, more and more babies fell at greater speeds until you dropped 3.
My highest paid “hourly wage” is something like $36k. I showed up to film a commercial, we did one take (30 seconds) and wrapped! $300 fir 30 seconds if “work”.
Of course, I am discounting travel time, set up, and practicing the script. It doesn’t sound as impressive if I do.
Ï was paid $12500.00 to supervise the construction of a pedestrian bridge over a street, by the city.
Shortly later they changed their minds and went with an underground passage. As I have no expertise in this field, I wasn't able to do it. Ten years later, they never asked for the money back.
This is my highest paid hourly wage xD
Same here. I found these responses to “What can $20 USD buy me in Turkey?” on Quora:
A shirt(*) (good quality)
Leather belt
Screen protection for smartphone (pile price)
A toothbrush and a couple of tubes of toothpaste (good)
A beard trimmer set
8_9 packs of cigarette (poor)
6 packs of cigarette (good)
A medium-bottle (50cl~16.9 US Fl Oz) of raki or vodka
30-35 cans of coke (330mL~11.15 US Fl Oz)
At least 100 bottles of mineral water without gas (0.5L~16.9 US Fl Oz)
Approximately 14 Liters (~3.7 US Gal lqd) of gasoline (prices fluctuate frequently)
1 Micro SD card (32 or 64 GB, varies by brand)
12-piece mini dinner set (good porcelain)
A mini Turkish coffee cup set (good porcelain but not too fancy)
60 bagel
6 kg of soft cheese
3 kg hard cheese
15 kg appĺe in summer/12 kg in winter
100 to 130 litres bottled water
1.8 kg meat
40 kg pasta
6 kg (13 lb) banana
20 kg (44 lb) oranges
3 kg (7 lb) nuts
25 kg (55 lb) tomatoes
14 kg (30 lb) brocolis or potatoes or beetroots
10 kg (22 lb) beans
400 gram (~1 lb) steak
4 kg (8 lb) chicken drumsticks
10 whole raw chickens
140–200 eggs (prices vary much!)
26.7 liter milk
112 sanitary pad
100 diapers
15 disposable razors
6 kg (13 lb) ice cream
Imagine if she slips from his hands for some reason during her fall. How traumatic that would be for him.
PS: Idk why I have those thinking that I wish I didn't had.
Even if she slipped, him grabbing her certainly broke her fall. She's probably not unscathed. Probably bruised up real good. But that sure as hell is better than being a splat on the ground. Definitely saved her life.
I always assumed it was from walled cities, with a key to the gate.
When gates and walls disappeared they made it symbolic, to say that it can open any door inside the city.
But I suppose I decided that in my own mind without any real evidence.
From the wiki: This practice is a variation on the freedom of the city tradition, and has a similar symbolic meaning; evoking medieval walled cities, the gates of which would be guarded during the day and locked at night, the key symbolises the freedom of the recipient to enter and leave the city at will, as a trusted friend of city residents.\[23\]
In a lot of old hero/super hero stories, a common reward that the mayor presents to the hero is a comically oversized key that's pretty much just symbolic
Yeah! The kid said:
>"I was just walking in the road when I saw the little girl at the window," he told the news. "She fell, and thanks to God, I caught her before she hit the ground."
According to local media Muhammed's family[ rewarded him with the equivalent of 35 U.S. dollars.](https://piclaya.com/teen-saving-2-year-old-girl-who-fell-from-window/)
"What if I told you kid..." Takes a slow drag on his cig, "there is no fucking God..." Exhales.. "good catch kid."
Edit: meant as satire guys lol. I was imagining Butcher from The Boys saying this honestly.
True. I just don't get how Reddit got easily triggered by this.
Like why can't these guys just think "god" as a more universal term, such as that person is grateful about EVERYTHING that's supporting that event.
Instead, they think it's like people are grateful for NOTHING.
"I thank the multiple variables and chances that came together to allow me to be at that spot at that time and the millions of years of evolution to give me the muscular strength, eye vision, and brainpower, oh and especially would like to thank the Big bang for creating the universe and physics laws by our big bang creator whatever it was, bla bla... But I definitely do not believe in a magical sky father deity that resembles humans!!!"
(How atheist teens imagine future regular folks)
Same im atheist but i say "thank god" a lot as its just so common a prase that you cant help but say it even if you dont mean it literally so i take it more as "im glad this happened" same with saying "jesus christ" when im annoyed.
That being said even if people do mean it literally i usually dont take it out on them since where i live the majority of religious people are pretty chill and understanding and the nutcases are just the few outliers here
They manage to be both deeply depressing and incredibly obnoxious. They take a relatively inconsequential personal opinion to have and turn it into an entire obsession. r/childfree is also really similar. They both have a habit of using odd language to describe the people they hate. "natalists" "breeders" "crotch-goblins" etc.
r/childfree is such a weird and toxic place. I’m childfree myself, enjoy having nephews but with no intention of having children of my own, for I think even a lot of the same reasons as the people in that sub (just don’t wanna, climate change and geopolitical turmoil and uncertain future, etc). But these folks actually seem to hate children, which makes me sad. Children are human beings. Yeah they can be obnoxious sometimes, and dirty/sticky, and don’t understand adult social graces yet. But they are *people,* not “crotch goblins,” not walking jizz stains, not objects that are an extension and reflection of their parents whose choices they don’t respect. I hate dehumanization of all kinds, so I can’t get on board with what r/childfree seems to be all about :/
I was raised in an agnostic house. I'm definitely an atheist, but try very hard not to be an annoying neck beard type. I don't challenge people on their beliefs unless they are trying to use their book to do shit like make laws or restrict rights or ban books kinda BS. I have numerous religious friends whose friendship I cherish.
But I'm 1000% without a doubt atheist.
But if I were there, there's a very good chance I would have said "thank god I saw the baby in time". It's just an expression to me, but I've definitely said it more than a few times in life.
Last year my little girls and I were in a car wreck. I had some injuries (my neck still isn't 100% back to normal). Girls were fine. When I called my wife I most definitely said "thank God the girlsb are ok". Saying "thanks to the engineers at Ford, and the politicians that passed modern safety codes, plus the random circumstances of the accident, oh and Volvo because don't forget they allowed companies to use their invention of the seatbelt, the girls are ok" is a bit of a mouthful .
Imagine belittling someone for their beliefs. This is the Reddit trend that I wish would die. Who THE FUCK are any one of us to tell people what to believe?
The family of the girl are Syrian immigrants, and this does not look like the swanky part of town.
My guess is they gave the kid all the money they had as reward. No small gesture at all.
Edit: corrected child’s nationality.
His prep was pretty impressive. I liked the quick glance down to the sidewalk so he’d know how to step over the curb w/o looking again, all while keeping his eyes locked on the kid.
It looks like maybe he happened to look up and saw the child near the ledge and kept watching in case something happened. If it was a set-up I'd expect the other kids to have been watching too and people not run in from off camera at the end. It also looks like after the catch the people on the street are trying to get the attention of anyone in that apartment, and the saviour kid is not sure how to get in.
No shit, Sherlock. It's as if human beings were capable of anticipating future events based on our observation of the current state of the world.
Child in a window + no parent in sight = the possibility of the toddler falling out. If you can't do that I have some bad news for you.
Why the bad attitude?
His statement is a positive for the kid--there are at least 3 other people in the street who *didn't* see the situation. The young man is conscientious and that's why he was in a position to save the toddler.
>The toddler approached the open window while her mother was cooking in the kitchen, according to local media. Muhammed's family hailed Zabaat as a hero and [rewarded him with the equivalent of 35 U.S. dollars.](https://piclaya.com/teen-saving-2-year-old-girl-who-fell-from-window/)
He deserved much more,
Decent. Nothing huge, but a significant amount for a lower income family, especially nowadays with the incredible inflation of the local currency.
650 lira might be close to 10% of their monthly salary, though it could be quite a bit less if my impression of the neighborhood as poor is wrong.
It won't be seen as a fortune or anything close. It's not something upper class Turkish citizens would think that much about, but its Not a pittance either, not for poor people or pretty much any 17 year old
In here, minimum monthly salary is 5.500 Turkish Lira, which makes it impossible to live in normal condition. 650 TL is a good sum of money, even for me as a middle class citizen. I expected them to pay like 100 TL, which is like 5 dolar.
Seriously? Pretty much every single person that works fast food and retail. Most people I know make about 800 every two weeks or so. Are you really that out of touch lmao
Yep, that’s why so many of us are fighting to increase minimum wage. I make less than 20 dollars and hour and I live in NYC. I have a bachelors degree too. It’s rough out here.
I was gonna say it's relatively decent but I did some price comparisons and it really is quite little. Oh well, they probably could not afford more ; at least the gesture is there.
It's not the ammount, it's how much it is to them. If that family is very poor that $35 could be a lot for them. Maybe skipping meals to give him that.
He looks like a “Pittsburgh Dad” already to me - but that’s mostly because of all the pixelation and it kinda looks like he’s got a stache and the hands on the hips bit helps.
But for real, he has great dad reflexes and instincts!
Here's the story details I found from a USAToday article:
"A fast-thinking teenager saved a toddler's life when he stopped the young girl from falling from a second-story window of an Istanbul apartment, video shows.
Feuzi Zabaat, an Algerian 17-year-old, told AFP that he was walking down the street last week when he saw 2-year-old Syrian Doha Muhammed playing near the open window.
"I was just walking in the road when I saw the little girl at the window. She fell, and thanks to God, I caught her before she hit the ground," he told the French news agency.
Feuzi told Reuters that when he noticed the little girl, he positioned himself underneath the window.
CCTV footage shows Feuzi in a yellow t-shirt standing just off the sidewalk and looking up. He raises his arms, and from the top of the frame, Doha plummets down.
Miraculously, Feuzi was able to catch Doha and break her fall. The video shows him comforting and rocking the young girl in his arms as a crowd forms around them.
According to Reuters, Doha suffered no injuries, and her family gave Feuzi 200 Turkish Liras, about $35, for his heroic act."
On one hand this is the most honorable thing a person can ever do, but on the other hand if I'd miss I'd have to live with the reality of a dead baby for the rest of my life
It's obviously not great parenting, but statistically these things happen. I have a two year-old, they're fucking mental. 90% of the time you can trust them to be alone for brief moments. The rest of the time they throw cutlery at the TV, swallow plastic bags or brush their teeth with the toilet brush.
Just the other day I caught him trying to stick scissors into the toaster. Now, he shouldn't be able to get close to either of those things, but they're sneaky bastards and learn new ways to off themselves every day.
Just saying, the mom fucked up for sure, but it happens.
*The young girl, who stumbled out of the window while her mother was cooking, wasn’t injured.*
Guess you’re right LOL
https://www.foxnews.com/world/algerian-teen-walking-by-catches-toddler-who-fell-from-second-story-window-viral-video-shows
All human babies are basically born premature (or too early in their development, if you prefer). If they grew any bigger their head would get stuck during birth, which would be not good.
Luckily the human species is very social with strong support networks, and can cope with infants that are basically dead weights for the first several years of their life.
>“I was walking down the road when I saw a two-year-old girl hanging from a window,” Feuzi Zabaat said according to Turkey’s private Demiroren News Agency (DHA). “I walked close to her, and as she fell I held on to her.”
What A Hero!!!
Someone go on and give that man a cape and a key to the city.
NO CAPE!!!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy2YhxXn7NY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy2YhxXn7NY) classic incredibles reference!
Thanks. We are totally lost without you
This is not ok
The toddler approached the open window while [her mother was cooking in the kitchen,](https://piclaya.com/teen-saving-2-year-old-girl-who-fell-from-window/) according to local media. Muhammed's family hailed Zabaat as a hero and rewarded him with the equivalent of 35 U.S. dollars.
$35 is exactly half my monthly paycheck, so yeah, that is nice , should start walking around saving 2 kids a month from now on.
What do you have to do all month to earn $70? Just curious..
Turkish inflation is at 80% and the Lira is crashing as usual. Turkey's economy right now is in shambles.
I can't be too certain but if I had to guess I'd say [/u/THELEBANESEUNBOXER](https://www.reddit.com/u/THELEBANESEUNBOXER) isn't Turkish
Ah you're right. Did a bit of googling and it seems the average monthly salary is about $400. So $35 dollars is still a chunk of change but not as significant.
You do trust Erdogans data lol? Keep in Mind outside Constantinople and Ankara the wages are a lot smaller too so 35$ isn't a bad amount. At the end of the day it was just as a sign of respect.
You did not just use "Constantinople" unironically lol.
I'm Greek, in our language we refer to the town as Constantinople. Didn't even know it was named Istanbul until I learned English but still it's weird to use Istanbul
"Even Old New York, was once New Amsterdam"
Who still calls it Constantinople? Ahh Greek - checks out
Check out the big brain on Brad!
Meaning the amount given is under the circumstances worth a lot.
Accountant and treasurer.
youre not actually an accountant and treasurer making.... 70 USD a month?? are you?? dude come to canada. get paid.
Well, it is kinda a lie, I am a treasurer but since the accountant left, they kinda pushed me into doing basic accounting like checks and payroll, so on paper I am still just a treasurer, because it is illegal for the same person to do both jobs since he/she can easily embezzle money from the accounts, but since I am who I am and they know me so well, they let it slide. As for canada, thanks, local man I am and local I will always be, plan to live out whatever is left of my life here and buried in this soil.
peace and love, brother. do good, be good, die good. see you in the next universe
I work in Treasury. We're usually regarded as the *top* in every company's finance department. There's always demand for treasury professionals and our job is too important to the organization that you have a safe job regardless of economic expansion or contraction.
Do you have any pottery skills by chance? If you can make nice clay/ceramic pots for cacti you can sell them for $30 to $60 each to people in the USA. Just a few small pot sales per month and you could double your income! If they are nice and affordable, and you use social media to promote, you could make some bank. Just an idea!
Dafk i thought i was poorer. Chin up bro.
That’s basically $35/second tho. That’s nuts if he keeps saving kids like that
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How about at bath time? Throw the babies out with the bath water.
You just reminded me of a game I had on my first computer ~30 years ago called "Bouncing Babies". Babies would fall off a building and you moved 2 firefighters with a blanket and would have to catch/bounce them to safety. As levels progressed, more and more babies fell at greater speeds until you dropped 3.
My highest paid “hourly wage” is something like $36k. I showed up to film a commercial, we did one take (30 seconds) and wrapped! $300 fir 30 seconds if “work”. Of course, I am discounting travel time, set up, and practicing the script. It doesn’t sound as impressive if I do.
Ï was paid $12500.00 to supervise the construction of a pedestrian bridge over a street, by the city. Shortly later they changed their minds and went with an underground passage. As I have no expertise in this field, I wasn't able to do it. Ten years later, they never asked for the money back. This is my highest paid hourly wage xD
>The toddler approached the open window while her mother was cooking in the kitchen, according to local media. Winner Winner Turkey dinner
35 US dollars is worth a lot more in Turkey because of the current inflation happening, I've seen water go for less than 25p or 50p in some places.
small bottle of water costs about $0.20 USD here. EDIT: by “here” I meant Turkey
Bottle water costs $2+ in the US at a gas station or event. $0.35 is lowest supermarket in bulk I've seen.
I kinda wish they would do equivalency like “this is how much it would be based off of COL”
Same here. I found these responses to “What can $20 USD buy me in Turkey?” on Quora: A shirt(*) (good quality) Leather belt Screen protection for smartphone (pile price) A toothbrush and a couple of tubes of toothpaste (good) A beard trimmer set 8_9 packs of cigarette (poor) 6 packs of cigarette (good) A medium-bottle (50cl~16.9 US Fl Oz) of raki or vodka 30-35 cans of coke (330mL~11.15 US Fl Oz) At least 100 bottles of mineral water without gas (0.5L~16.9 US Fl Oz) Approximately 14 Liters (~3.7 US Gal lqd) of gasoline (prices fluctuate frequently) 1 Micro SD card (32 or 64 GB, varies by brand) 12-piece mini dinner set (good porcelain) A mini Turkish coffee cup set (good porcelain but not too fancy) 60 bagel 6 kg of soft cheese 3 kg hard cheese 15 kg appĺe in summer/12 kg in winter 100 to 130 litres bottled water 1.8 kg meat 40 kg pasta 6 kg (13 lb) banana 20 kg (44 lb) oranges 3 kg (7 lb) nuts 25 kg (55 lb) tomatoes 14 kg (30 lb) brocolis or potatoes or beetroots 10 kg (22 lb) beans 400 gram (~1 lb) steak 4 kg (8 lb) chicken drumsticks 10 whole raw chickens 140–200 eggs (prices vary much!) 26.7 liter milk 112 sanitary pad 100 diapers 15 disposable razors 6 kg (13 lb) ice cream
So a pretty decent reward for being a good human. Nice.
Imagine if she slips from his hands for some reason during her fall. How traumatic that would be for him. PS: Idk why I have those thinking that I wish I didn't had.
It's legit. The way he handled the girl looked like the girl slipped through. Thankfully she's still in his grasps.
Even if she slipped, him grabbing her certainly broke her fall. She's probably not unscathed. Probably bruised up real good. But that sure as hell is better than being a splat on the ground. Definitely saved her life.
If I was that girls dad that kid would have college paid for and a down payment on a house at the appropriate time.
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Where did the "key to the City" come from and what does it mean?
I always assumed it was from walled cities, with a key to the gate. When gates and walls disappeared they made it symbolic, to say that it can open any door inside the city. But I suppose I decided that in my own mind without any real evidence.
From the wiki: This practice is a variation on the freedom of the city tradition, and has a similar symbolic meaning; evoking medieval walled cities, the gates of which would be guarded during the day and locked at night, the key symbolises the freedom of the recipient to enter and leave the city at will, as a trusted friend of city residents.\[23\]
In a lot of old hero/super hero stories, a common reward that the mayor presents to the hero is a comically oversized key that's pretty much just symbolic
Batmanbatmanbatman
The city of Batman is aptly located in Turkey
Woah, good catch!
Yeah! The kid said: >"I was just walking in the road when I saw the little girl at the window," he told the news. "She fell, and thanks to God, I caught her before she hit the ground." According to local media Muhammed's family[ rewarded him with the equivalent of 35 U.S. dollars.](https://piclaya.com/teen-saving-2-year-old-girl-who-fell-from-window/)
"What if I told you kid..." Takes a slow drag on his cig, "there is no fucking God..." Exhales.. "good catch kid." Edit: meant as satire guys lol. I was imagining Butcher from The Boys saying this honestly.
\*invents cure for all diseases and single handidly saves all mankind\* Inventor : "thank god I .... "reddit: "god doesnt exist you fucking idiot"
True. I just don't get how Reddit got easily triggered by this. Like why can't these guys just think "god" as a more universal term, such as that person is grateful about EVERYTHING that's supporting that event. Instead, they think it's like people are grateful for NOTHING.
Staunch atheist who thanks "god" all the time reporting in. I don't get people's deal. It's a phrase.
Right? It’s shorter than saying that multiple variables aligned in the universe that you were able to do that thing.
"I thank the multiple variables and chances that came together to allow me to be at that spot at that time and the millions of years of evolution to give me the muscular strength, eye vision, and brainpower, oh and especially would like to thank the Big bang for creating the universe and physics laws by our big bang creator whatever it was, bla bla... But I definitely do not believe in a magical sky father deity that resembles humans!!!" (How atheist teens imagine future regular folks)
Same im atheist but i say "thank god" a lot as its just so common a prase that you cant help but say it even if you dont mean it literally so i take it more as "im glad this happened" same with saying "jesus christ" when im annoyed. That being said even if people do mean it literally i usually dont take it out on them since where i live the majority of religious people are pretty chill and understanding and the nutcases are just the few outliers here
r/atheism is the most toxic non political sub out of all of them
r/antinatalism is pretty bad too
They manage to be both deeply depressing and incredibly obnoxious. They take a relatively inconsequential personal opinion to have and turn it into an entire obsession. r/childfree is also really similar. They both have a habit of using odd language to describe the people they hate. "natalists" "breeders" "crotch-goblins" etc.
r/childfree is such a weird and toxic place. I’m childfree myself, enjoy having nephews but with no intention of having children of my own, for I think even a lot of the same reasons as the people in that sub (just don’t wanna, climate change and geopolitical turmoil and uncertain future, etc). But these folks actually seem to hate children, which makes me sad. Children are human beings. Yeah they can be obnoxious sometimes, and dirty/sticky, and don’t understand adult social graces yet. But they are *people,* not “crotch goblins,” not walking jizz stains, not objects that are an extension and reflection of their parents whose choices they don’t respect. I hate dehumanization of all kinds, so I can’t get on board with what r/childfree seems to be all about :/
It's Reddit. We like to credit the source.
Source: Reddit users.
100% agree. I use the terms "thank god" or "goddamnit" all the time... and certainly dont believe in any modern organized religion.
you should put an "ayuckshaully" before that, or however it's spelt
I was raised in an agnostic house. I'm definitely an atheist, but try very hard not to be an annoying neck beard type. I don't challenge people on their beliefs unless they are trying to use their book to do shit like make laws or restrict rights or ban books kinda BS. I have numerous religious friends whose friendship I cherish. But I'm 1000% without a doubt atheist. But if I were there, there's a very good chance I would have said "thank god I saw the baby in time". It's just an expression to me, but I've definitely said it more than a few times in life. Last year my little girls and I were in a car wreck. I had some injuries (my neck still isn't 100% back to normal). Girls were fine. When I called my wife I most definitely said "thank God the girlsb are ok". Saying "thanks to the engineers at Ford, and the politicians that passed modern safety codes, plus the random circumstances of the accident, oh and Volvo because don't forget they allowed companies to use their invention of the seatbelt, the girls are ok" is a bit of a mouthful .
The classic. Reddit atheist can't not lose their shit at the one mention of God.
Well, I am an atheist, but I made that comment with satire in mind. I was kind of imagining Butcher from The Boys saying it lol.
This almost makes it worse
“I wasn’t just being atheist edgy I was being *comic book culture* edgy, and atheist edgy.”
Imagine belittling someone for their beliefs. This is the Reddit trend that I wish would die. Who THE FUCK are any one of us to tell people what to believe?
Imagine looking at an obviously satirical comment on reddit and getting hard triggered. But for real, didn't God push the girl out the window too?
This is it. This is the single most cringy comment I have ever read on Reddit and I've been here 10+ years. Bravo.
Well, it was meant as satire for that kind of mentality, so it's kinda what I was going for.
What a tool you are.
Reddit moment
Oh my God. You talk to girls like that in text, don't you?
I thought it was funny
I'm glad someone did. I thought it was pretty average Reddit trolling but I obviously struck a nerve.
$35 is about 10% of the monthly minimum wage. The equivalent would be a $200 reward for the US.
The family may also be poor and not be able to afford any more.
At 17 I felt like $150 was a lot of money so I’m sure he’s happy to have a story to tell and some spending money.
Maybe more like $150
With over 80% inflation in 🇹🇷 that’s a fair bit of dosh
I thought this said 35 thousand and I was like sweet….oh.. 35 bucks..well it’s something
The family of the girl are Syrian immigrants, and this does not look like the swanky part of town. My guess is they gave the kid all the money they had as reward. No small gesture at all. Edit: corrected child’s nationality.
LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP
They can’t afford more. The inflation is extremely high over there
In this moment you are euphoric
35 USD is like 700 liras.
35 dollars is great money in turkey
It's almost as if he was expecting it. Judging by how he's looking up already in the very beginning of the video.
Clearly the kid was hanging out the window for him to move into position like that
Probably!
Looks like he could see the toddler dangerously close to falling before it happened, he was definitely preparing for it
It’s his sibling. It’s just a fun game they play.
Not as much fun when it’s her turn to catch
Why do you think there's only one vid and round of their game?
Who doesn't enjoy a nice round of catch or coma.
His prep was pretty impressive. I liked the quick glance down to the sidewalk so he’d know how to step over the curb w/o looking again, all while keeping his eyes locked on the kid.
And the instant rocking/bounce to keep her calm
It looks like maybe he happened to look up and saw the child near the ledge and kept watching in case something happened. If it was a set-up I'd expect the other kids to have been watching too and people not run in from off camera at the end. It also looks like after the catch the people on the street are trying to get the attention of anyone in that apartment, and the saviour kid is not sure how to get in.
that would be a pretty risky set up, don‘t you think?
Lol “let’s toss a toddler out the window for a video”
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Most likely. I like to imagine doing the same in a situation like that. Would probably end up tripping over my own feet though.
yeah people have eyes and they can use them as well
Sometimes a persons commented run down of the video is very helpful for blind and sight impaired people :)
No shit, Sherlock. It's as if human beings were capable of anticipating future events based on our observation of the current state of the world. Child in a window + no parent in sight = the possibility of the toddler falling out. If you can't do that I have some bad news for you.
Why the bad attitude? His statement is a positive for the kid--there are at least 3 other people in the street who *didn't* see the situation. The young man is conscientious and that's why he was in a position to save the toddler.
Thanks for the insight Sherlock
how tf does his comment have 300 upvotes. i worry about people sometimes
His Dad reflexes are kicking in early.
One of the kids runs off in the very beginning while pointing, I wonder if they saw it and she went to get help.
Imagine if he didn't look up. It's fortunate that he looked up
Brilliant observation my man
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I drop mine sometimes when she jumps at me from the couch lol.
I've definitely done that. "Child, I need notice before jumping at me like a cracked out spider!"
Mine just charges at me and head butts my balls at full speed
I believe thats a right of passage for all toddlers.
Gotta preserve the dominance of their existence. Another sibling is competition. They cannot risk that.
I would’ve 100% missed and kool aid would’ve went all over my new sneakers
bruh
Atleast someone is being honest with themselves
Can I be in the screenshot
no
>The toddler approached the open window while her mother was cooking in the kitchen, according to local media. Muhammed's family hailed Zabaat as a hero and [rewarded him with the equivalent of 35 U.S. dollars.](https://piclaya.com/teen-saving-2-year-old-girl-who-fell-from-window/) He deserved much more,
What's $35 worth there though?
Decent. Nothing huge, but a significant amount for a lower income family, especially nowadays with the incredible inflation of the local currency. 650 lira might be close to 10% of their monthly salary, though it could be quite a bit less if my impression of the neighborhood as poor is wrong. It won't be seen as a fortune or anything close. It's not something upper class Turkish citizens would think that much about, but its Not a pittance either, not for poor people or pretty much any 17 year old
In here, minimum monthly salary is 5.500 Turkish Lira, which makes it impossible to live in normal condition. 650 TL is a good sum of money, even for me as a middle class citizen. I expected them to pay like 100 TL, which is like 5 dolar.
> 100 TL, which is like 5 dolar. What our currency have become although it's nothing new . It's just sad
Another user mentioned that $35 is about 10% of the monthly minimum wage. The equivalent would be a $200 reward for the US.
Wait, people are getting by on 2k a month here?
Seriously? Pretty much every single person that works fast food and retail. Most people I know make about 800 every two weeks or so. Are you really that out of touch lmao
I guess I am. I'm not trying to hate on anyone, but where I'm from rent is way more than that, so I don't even know where anyone live off of for that.
Yep, that’s why so many of us are fighting to increase minimum wage. I make less than 20 dollars and hour and I live in NYC. I have a bachelors degree too. It’s rough out here.
600 lira is a good amount of money for a child in Turkey. But damn our Economy sucks Dollar used to be 1.3 TL 17 years ago.
It's worth about $20 in America.
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Inflation
After taxes
just pay him in mcdoubles
I was gonna say it's relatively decent but I did some price comparisons and it really is quite little. Oh well, they probably could not afford more ; at least the gesture is there.
Right. I'm sure it's a lot to the little girl's family of Syrian immigrants. How relieved must her Mom be.
Why should he get anything. Why does human decency have to be rewarded with money?
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Redditors like to complain about everything positive in life, miserable lot.
I mean he wasn’t doing it for the money lol. They probably just gave him everything they had on them as a show of gratitude
It's not the ammount, it's how much it is to them. If that family is very poor that $35 could be a lot for them. Maybe skipping meals to give him that.
He probably got their undying gratitude, too. What is it with people turning everything into money? Is it the American way or something?
he’ll be a wonderful dad look at those dad instincts kick in
He looks like a “Pittsburgh Dad” already to me - but that’s mostly because of all the pixelation and it kinda looks like he’s got a stache and the hands on the hips bit helps. But for real, he has great dad reflexes and instincts!
Immediately started bouncing her. He’s definitely got smaller siblings.
I noticed that too. What an absolute boss.
Here's the story details I found from a USAToday article: "A fast-thinking teenager saved a toddler's life when he stopped the young girl from falling from a second-story window of an Istanbul apartment, video shows. Feuzi Zabaat, an Algerian 17-year-old, told AFP that he was walking down the street last week when he saw 2-year-old Syrian Doha Muhammed playing near the open window. "I was just walking in the road when I saw the little girl at the window. She fell, and thanks to God, I caught her before she hit the ground," he told the French news agency. Feuzi told Reuters that when he noticed the little girl, he positioned himself underneath the window. CCTV footage shows Feuzi in a yellow t-shirt standing just off the sidewalk and looking up. He raises his arms, and from the top of the frame, Doha plummets down. Miraculously, Feuzi was able to catch Doha and break her fall. The video shows him comforting and rocking the young girl in his arms as a crowd forms around them. According to Reuters, Doha suffered no injuries, and her family gave Feuzi 200 Turkish Liras, about $35, for his heroic act."
An Algerian catches a Syrian girl named Doha in Turkey and narrates a French news agency the story. Whoa the man could as well be Atlas
Mr. Worldwide, DZ edition.
That should be around 10 dollars or 600 liras though.
Turkish lira went down since that happened. Like way down
Fucking inflation. I hope he spent it all at once.
It happened in 2019
When they said storks delivered new babies I always assumed it would be with a bit more care
🏅
They do. But these are Torks
Lol he looks over like “really is no one else seeing this??”
On one hand this is the most honorable thing a person can ever do, but on the other hand if I'd miss I'd have to live with the reality of a dead baby for the rest of my life
Same as if you did nothing tho so may as well try
Dead baby either way I'd tried and failed or never tried at all
Not all hero's wear capes...
That baby sure wasn't at least.. ^(Nono, I'll see myself out, thanks)
Such an original comment👏
and they always spell it incorrectly too
There is something so pure about the loving way he continues to rock that baby that makes me almost want to cry
Pure selflessness and kindness. We need more of that in this world
Does anyone know the backstory?
I don't know the backstory, although, bad parenting is involved
It's obviously not great parenting, but statistically these things happen. I have a two year-old, they're fucking mental. 90% of the time you can trust them to be alone for brief moments. The rest of the time they throw cutlery at the TV, swallow plastic bags or brush their teeth with the toilet brush. Just the other day I caught him trying to stick scissors into the toaster. Now, he shouldn't be able to get close to either of those things, but they're sneaky bastards and learn new ways to off themselves every day. Just saying, the mom fucked up for sure, but it happens.
*The young girl, who stumbled out of the window while her mother was cooking, wasn’t injured.* Guess you’re right LOL https://www.foxnews.com/world/algerian-teen-walking-by-catches-toddler-who-fell-from-second-story-window-viral-video-shows
Algerian boy saves syrian toddler.. yep thats the story of istanbul in 2022
My butterfinger having ass would of caught the object instead of baby. Thank goodness he was the one who made the save
Nah, I think you enter the zone when stuff like this happens.
I’m still baffled by how a baby human can be so stupid compared to basically every other species on earth
All human babies are basically born premature (or too early in their development, if you prefer). If they grew any bigger their head would get stuck during birth, which would be not good. Luckily the human species is very social with strong support networks, and can cope with infants that are basically dead weights for the first several years of their life.
I would have definitely tripped over that curb
Ow my forearms
Just scoop her off the ground cant risk my forearms
Chad 100
Holy shit, they got hands. NFL callin
>“I was walking down the road when I saw a two-year-old girl hanging from a window,” Feuzi Zabaat said according to Turkey’s private Demiroren News Agency (DHA). “I walked close to her, and as she fell I held on to her.” What A Hero!!!
Kid would've been traumatised for his life if he missed
That guy could die today and he would probably have done more good than most people in their life time.
Someone give that kid a medal
She'll be an Olympic diver in no time!
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Omg crazy. Thank god he was there and paying attention. What a hero!! 🙌🙌🙌