Mother Rescues Baby Before Ceiling Comes Crashing In Terrifying Video From Cambodia

A terrifying incident in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, recently shook the internet. In a nail-biting video going viral on the internet, a mother was seen rescuing her baby stuck in a roller seconds before their house’s ceiling came crashing down.

Cambodia: Mother Rescues Baby From Collapsing Ceiling

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The incident occurred on July 3 in the capital city of Cambodia, as per news reports. The video captures shopkeeper Pip Srey, the mother, and her brave rescue mission. Srey operates her business in the same building.

On the day when disaster struck, Srey was with two of her young children, who rushed screaming out of the room once they sensed that the ceiling was about to collapse. Besides having two children on foot, the mother was also carrying a baby?in her hands as the four started to escape before the disaster.

However, before getting to safety, the mother turned around and leaped in to save another child cluelessly roaming in a baby walker. Without even wasting a slice of a second, Srey grabbed the walker with the baby still stuck inside it and ran towards the door of the room.?

Poor Construction & Heavy Rains Led To The Ceiling's Collapse, Says Builder Working On Repair

A split second after she grabbed the baby and ran for dear life, the ceiling collapsed on the house. Srey shared her shock after the incident and said, “He would have died if the roof fell on him. It was just my instinct to run away when I saw the roof falling down.”

She added, “Something made me look back, and I saw him there, so I just ran over and grabbed him.” Builders who came in to repair the ceiling afterward attributed poor construction to the sudden collapse of the ceiling. They also mentioned how the recent heavy rains could have been a cause of the disaster as well.

In the original plans of the house, there was no waterproofing, explained a builder working on the repair. Seeing as the rain had made the ceiling weaker, it was all a poor construction mistake that could have resulted in a fatal disaster.??

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