A video shot during a May Day ceremony on Friday, in Mexico, shows the moment a Mexican soldier slams into the ground after he was pulled into the air by a giant flag at a military parade.<br /><br />Shot on a cellphone by Armando Silva Salazar, the video shows the soldier's rifle becoming entangled in the Mexican flag and the soldier spinning wildly in the air before slamming into the ground. <br /><br />According to Silva, the unidentified soldier was lifted about about 98 feet in the air. He added that the soldier only suffered of a minor fracture to his ankle as well as concussion. The 209-by-104 feet flag is the 8th largest in the world and it weights over 700 kilograms, local media reported.<br /><br />------------------------------------------<br /><br />Subscribe to our channel: http://read.ht/fLZ<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/htTweets<br /><br />Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hindustantimes<br /><br />Watch more videos at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/video<br /><br />hindustantimes.com © 2015
