This video captures the moment a wheelchair-bound man uses a self-built solar-powered ‘elevator’ to get into his apartment via the balcony. 

Alexander Yudin, 69, can be seen being lifted off the ground and carried up to his third-floor apartment balcony in Timashevsk, Russia in a harness of his own design. 

The video shows his arriving at his apartment block and waiting for the harness to lower down enough for him to reach. 

He is then seen attaching it to his wheelchair, putting his arms through the straps and around his body and ensuring it is safely and securely attached. 

Then, it starts the process of getting him into his home, lifting him off the ground and up alongside the block of apartments. 

He eventually reaches the top, where he opens up a gate attached to his balcony, straightens up his wheelchair and slides in. 

The footage also shows the solar panels powering the contraption, built onto the side of Mr Yudin’s apartment, near to windows.   

Alexander Yudin, 69, built the ‘elevator’ alongside his apartment in Timashevsk, Russia 

He securely straps himself into the contraption before it begins to lift him off the ground 

Mr Yudin accesses his home at the top of the lift by opening a gate and swinging his body and wheelchair to get inside

The video shows Mr Yudin being lifted up to his apartment on the third floor 

An electrician by trade, Mr Yudin took months to build the contraption

An electrician by trade, Mr Yudin took months to build the contraption, which runs on solar power, after a car accident in which he lost his ability to walk. 

His apartment block lacked facilities for low-mobility residents and the stairs are too narrow to accommodate his wheelchair so Mr Yudin took it upon himself to create a unique way for him to get out and about.  

Speaking to Reuters, he said: ‘I was lying with a cast and thinking how to avoid immobilising myself, how to get myself out of this situation. 

‘Even when I get up, one more person is needed for me to get out of the house. Since everyone is at work, it was not an option. 

Mr Yudin said he made the elevator so that he could get out of his apartment without relying on someone else to help him 

He said the device has given him independence and allowed him to work and socialise 

The footage also shows the solar panels powering the contraption, built onto the side of Mr Yudin’s apartmen

‘I thought about it a lot and opted for some sort of elevator. 

‘I did not want to be just lying around at home and waiting for something to happen, for someone to bring me food, or being immobile, just sit at the balcony and look out.’

He added that his device has given him his life back, and that he has a job and socialises with others outside his home. 

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