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Boy rescued from well in China
5:28PM BST 18 Oct 2011
A three-year-old boy who fell into a well on a farm in east China's Shandong Province is rescued by local firefighters.
The boy had been playing with friends when he fell down the abandoned well on agricultural land near Heze City, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Local villagers had attempted to pull him out by lowering a rope into the hole.
After failing to pull him out, the child was forced to cling onto the rope for around an hour while he waited for rescue teams to arrive.
A harness was eventually lowered down into the well and the boy was successfully hauled to safety. He was immediately taken to a nearby hospital.
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5:28PM BST 18 Oct 2011
A three-year-old boy who fell into a well on a farm in east China's Shandong Province is rescued by local firefighters.
The boy had been playing with friends when he fell down the abandoned well on agricultural land near Heze City, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Local villagers had attempted to pull him out by lowering a rope into the hole.
After failing to pull him out, the child was forced to cling onto the rope for around an hour while he waited for rescue teams to arrive.
A harness was eventually lowered down into the well and the boy was successfully hauled to safety. He was immediately taken to a nearby hospital.
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