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Helpless: This man suspended his two-year-old daughter out of the window after becoming suicidal

She hangs half-naked and helpless, only held by her suicidal father's grip on her ankle.

Fortunately, this man's attempt to hurl his daughter, two, out of the window of their eighth-floor flat in Chengdu, China, did not end in tragedy.

She was saved by a policeman who had managed to edge gradually closer to her dangling body.

Perilous: A rescuer edges closer to this girl after climbing out of the window of an adjacent apartment

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Tug-of-war: Witnesses watched in horror as the two men battled to get hold of the child's tiny body

Persistent: Despite letting go of the girl, her father was unwilling to give up and had to be restrained with a window

The officer finally won and dragged her into his arms, fending off her tattooed father by attempting to sandwich him in the window.

Battle

Flailing: The man is eventually hauled inside and arrested. Police said he tested positive for drugs