The couple engrossed in filming did not notice, but a passerby came forward and rescued the child. Such a scene was seen in a video recently spread on social media.
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Parents engrossed in making reels, passerby saves child from drifting into sea
In the video, the couple are seen walking along the beach shore and filming themselves with a selfie stick. At one stage, the child falls into the water due to a wave. The woman turns back once but continues posing in front of the camera again, and the man also continues filming. An X (formerly Twitter) user named Mariam shared the video and said she witnessed the incident while visiting the beach.
The incident of ignoring the child's safety due to the addiction to creating content on social media has sparked widespread criticism among netizens. However, when and where the incident took place and the identities of the people in the video are not known. News outlet NDTV reported that it could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.