A Malaysian crippled man was commended for his charity last Saturday morning when he got out of his wheelchair to save a little cat that was trapped in a storm drain and had no chance of escaping.

A paralympic competitor, Abu Fathiyyaturahma Menk Abdun Mujtahid is thirty years old. He saw a cat caught in a sewer, clinging to concrete barricades as he and his crippled companion made their way to the adjacent Kota Kinabalu Sports Complex. Abu said in Malay that the poor thing was already sopping wet.

Although Abu is unable to use his legs and the odds are stacked against both of them, he didn’t hesitate to get out of the wheelchair to help the stranded cat. Abu carefully reached his arm down, picked up the kitten away from danger and moved it to safer place.

The kitten appeared to be fine, so she happily left him and went about her business as soon as Abu set it down on the grass.

His companion, who has a prosthetic leg and is unable to descend, was able to capture the rescue of the kitty on camera.

Watch the touching scene as Abu risks his own life to save the kitten.

Watch the touching scene as Abu risks his own life to save the kitten.