A mother in China saved her two children by throwing them out of a burning apartment on the fourth floor before she fainted and died.<br /><br />Harrowing video filmed today (August 3) and lasting nearly four minutes shows the mother tossing bedding out of the window of an apartment as smoke pours out, towards a crowd of onlookers below.<br /><br />The mother then drops her two children one by one from the window - one a three-year-old girl and a nine-year-old boy.<br /><br />Video shows them spinning towards the ground at speed, but by this time passersby have been able to pick up the bedding and stretch it out to catch the pair. <br /><br />According to local reports, the woman fainted and fell back into the flat from the window edge.<br /><br />She later died in hospital, according to reports.<br /><br />The two children were reportedly both in a stable condition.<br /><br />The incident took place in Xuchang City in central Henan Province.