A heroic rescue by an… 11 -year -old girl. In mid-August, a young girl saved the life of a 5-year-old boy who fell into a well in the Massachusetts (United States), reports the New York Post.
The child was at home when she heard howls in the vicinity. “I heard screams and someone say ‘call 911’,” she recalls. While calling the police, the pre -adolescent man rushed outside by following the cries and discovered a neighbor near a well.
A scale descended in the well
The latter’s son had just fallen to the bottom of the pit, 6 m depth and filled with water. The well was normally closed by a lid but it had slipped while the little boy was walking on it. Basically, the child managed to stand up, his head out of the water, and to grab a pipe.
Helped by her father, the little girl quickly analyzed the situation and went to seek a scale that she cautiously descended to the bottom of the well, allowing the boy to go out. The child gets away without serious injury, with only a few scratches. “He was very courageous,” his mother told New York Post.
Once arrived on site, the emergency services did not have much to do. The boy was still taken care of and transported to hospital for exams. The firefighters again blocked the well with a heavy metal plate while waiting for a more lasting solution. For her part, the young heroine remained humble, ensuring that “anyone would have done the same thing” as it.