Surat man falls from 10th floor in sleep, rescued

A 57-year-old man sleeping near the window of his 10th-floor flat in Surat slipped and miraculously survived after getting stuck in a metal grill installed outside a window on the 8th floor on Thursday, officials said.

Nitin Adiya remained suspended upside down in agony for an hour before being rescued, a fire official said. Dramatic videos of his rescue have gone viral on social media.

According to fire department officials, Adiya was sleeping near a window of his flat at the Times Galaxy building in



Surat’s Jahangirabad area when he accidentally fell out.

His seemingly fatal fall was arrested after Adiya got stuck in the metal grill outside a window two floors below, they said.

After receiving an emergency call around 8 am, fire officials from Jahangirpura, Palanpur and Adajan rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation.

In a coordinated rescue using ropes and belts from the 10th floor, the man was safely brought inside through the front window of the 8th floor, they said.