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19-month-old girl, trapped in groundwater well for over 17 hours, rescued

19-month-old girl, trapped in groundwater well for over 17 hours, rescued

13 Sept 13:08 Key points summarised by AI
  • Rescuers successfully extracted a 19-month-old Myanmar girl from a 15-meter deep groundwater well after she was trapped for over 17 hours.
  • The child accidentally fell into the well while playing on a soil mound near her parents' tapioca farm, prompting an urgent rescue operation.
  • The complex rescue involved digging a parallel pit with a backhoe and then by hand to avoid collapse, while continuously supplying oxygen to the trapped girl before she was rushed to the hospital.
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