Ninja father saves his two children with a perfectly timed backflip

By, 2016-12-25

Exactly like a scene from an action movie, a bike mechanic saved his two children from being hit by a car in an amazing move.

Surveillance video shows how the man grabbed his two children from the path of a fast moving car and flipping backwards bringing them to safety in a split second.

His brave and quick moves have been hailed by hundred of thousands of people on social media who compared him to action movies stars.

The video was posted on Friday by a Taiwanese group on Facebook called “Gossip Village”, and has already been viewed more than 2 million times.

In a very short video, the man appears setting on the floor and fixing a bike when his children were playing near him. The man was facing away from his children as he worked. As the children walked away from him a few meters, the man suddenly turned his head to look at them. And in a split second, he jumped up, ran towards the children, grabbed them to his arms and rolled backwards. At this second، a fast moving car appears driving by and luckily missing them by only centimetres. The car then crashed into the wall.

The video above which was posted on social media has been shared more than 30,000 times, but it does not suggest where or when the incident happened. However, social media users suggested that the incident happened in Indonesia. The claim was supported by a report on Jambi Tribune newspaper.

A Super Man

Thousands of social media users complimented the brave father. One said: “He saved both children? Presence of God”, and the other said: "I watched the video 10 times and I still can't believe my eyes”.

Many compared him to superhero characters, Kung-Fu masters and action movie stars, such as Jackie Chan and Spiderman. Social media users still in disbelief feeling shocked by the man's super-quick response awards his children. What do you think?