In Order To Save Her Baby's Life, South African Mother Throws Her From A Burning Building Amid Ongoing Riots

After former South African president, Jacob Zuma was jailed last week for failing to appear for a corruption enquiry, the country has rocked with violence. The imprisonment of the former president sparked violence in two of the nine districts in the country which resulted in the deaths of 72 people and the arrest of 1,234.

Needless to say, the country is in the middle of chaos. Warehouses and shops have been forced to shut down and businesses have been torched in many places.

Amid this chaos, a video of a mother saving her 2-year-old from a burning home is going viral on the internet.

This 26-year-old mother by the name of Naledi Manyoni threw her baby girl to safety as they escaped a burning high-rise building in the South African city of Durban during protests.

This was too painful to watch?? pic.twitter.com/WL964kZUWH

¡ª Katlie_Moo?? (@Katlie_Moo) July 13, 2021

She told Reuters that she was on the 16th floor of the building when the fire erupted. She then ran down the stairs with her daughter. After that, she made her way to a ledge above the street and tossed the toddler to a group of people below as bystanders cried out in worry and shock.

Manyoni recalled the scary incident and said, ¡°I was scared, really scared, but there were people down in the street. People were screaming ¡®throw her, throw her¡¯. The way I was panicking, I was trusting anyone to take my baby away from me because the place was burning and there was smoke outside. After throwing her, I held my head in shock, but they caught her. My daughter kept saying, 'Mama you threw me down there.' She was scared. What was important was for my daughter to be out of that situation... I couldn't escape alone and leave her behind."

The heart-stopping moment was caught on camera by Thuthuka Zondi, a professional cameraman and video producer.

Captured one those images that will forever live in my heart. Amongst the chaos there were heroes today, they caught her and she is fine. @nomsa_maseko pic.twitter.com/YX8KTap8ct

¡ª Thuthuka Zondi (@ThuthukaZ) July 13, 2021

People on the internet couldn't help but sympathise with this entire situation and prayed for several others who are dealing with this chaos in South Africa.

The child had to be thrown out of a building engulfed by fire and be caught by strangers. It was traumatising to me as someone watching it unfolding. No this protest must stop

¡ª Michael Loyiso Maneli (@manelimike90) July 13, 2021

I hope they give people counseling after all this!

¡ª Only one SA (@better_SA_fan) July 13, 2021

This was so painful to watch? ????I hope the lady tjat broke her leg isalso safe.. ??

¡ª GravityDTE ?? (@GravityDTE) July 13, 2021

Anything could hav gone wrong on this pic. Sadly this picture is the highlight of the moment. evil will not conquer good. I hope @DZumaSambudla can see the Zuma¡¯s legacy. I was even ready 4 ubaba 2 just serve 1 week. Now He can stay there 4 all I care.

¡ª Miss Thabang (@missThabang) July 14, 2021

Looking at this pic , is it instincts or what this kid forming that parachute shape to keep the head above the body. Praise the Lord ???

¡ª simphiwe (@dasisira) July 13, 2021

Poor innocent angel caught up in the mess

¡ª Momanyi (@OgatoOgato) July 13, 2021

Firefighters arrived at the scene about 20 minutes after people in the crowd had started rescuing others residents with ladders - which is how Ms Manyoni was reunited with her daughter. The daughter thankfully wasn't hurt and both and the daughter managed to return to the flat at about midnight.

We hope that the situation in South Africa settles down as soon as possible.