It has been 4 years, however Tomas Jaunzems stays a legend worldwide.

A video clip of a heroic rescue by the firefighter from Latvia, has resurfaced and gone viral on websites like Reddit. Over 86,000 folks on the platform's "Make Me Smile" discussion board have appreciated his public service as a member of the State Fireplace And Rescue Service Of Latvia.

The clip dates again to a 2018 rescue the place, based on Bored Panda, Jaunzems' unit acquired a name to a multi-apartment constructing as a result of suspicion that a suicidal girl might leap from a fourth-floor window.

Jaunzems and his crew reportedly arrived on the advanced realizing a rescue try was imminent. A video recorded by a hearth rescue service member reveals Jaunzems located at a window whereas one other colleague stands on the prepared for help. Each had been sporting harnesses for stabilization.

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A video of a Latvian hearth rescue service member saving a suicidal jumper has resurfaced on-line. Above, Latvian firefighters work on the web site of a blaze within the metropolis middle of Riga on April 28, 2021.Gints Ivuskan/Getty Pictures

The video reveals the split-second rescue by Jaunzems, who was anticipating the lady's leap from above. He corrals the lady in mid-air, his again bending at an entire 90-degree angle after which some.

The lady can then be seen being hauled in by him and two different colleagues.

"It was the primary time I've accomplished this," Jaunzems advised Bored Panda on the time. "We've not been training this...It's almost inconceivable to let you know what essentially the most tough factor was throughout that day as a result of day by day in firefighters' lives is totally different [and] difficult. We simply do the factor we do the very best: assist folks!"

He was a five-year member of Latvia's hearth and rescue staff at that time, saying he needed to be his "nation's patriot" and entered the career to save lots of folks and their properties.

His efforts and people of his fellow service members had been recommended by Rihards Kozlovskis, Latvia's Minister of the Inside, who gave them an award, together with the nation's hearth rescue service.

The World Well being Group (WHO) reported in 2021 that about 700,000 folks worldwide die yearly by suicide, and it is the fourth main reason for dying for people amongst 15-19 year-olds. About 77 p.c of suicides happen in low- and middle-income nations.

The WHO's report stated that Latvians of all ages had 384 suicide deaths in 2019, of which 311 of them had been males. That's an age-standardized charge of 16.1 per a inhabitants of 100,000 folks.

Redditors had been in awe of the rescue, with one summing it up in a single phrase: "Insane."

Many commented on Jaunzems' again taking a beating in that second, with one saying he most likely had "to take a 12 months's value of hydrocodone for that again."

"I can comprehend how briskly an individual accelerates when falling and the way badly I could possibly be injured grabbing them from a fall," one Redditor stated. "Catching even a light-weight particular person may end in a reasonably horrible, everlasting damage. I am considering torn stuff in your arms and shoulder."

Ideas had been additionally with the jumper.

"I genuinely hope that particular person went on to reside a greater and a happier life," one remark learn.

Newsweek reached out to Jaunzems for remark.