{"id":724,"date":"2017-05-09T02:40:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T18:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/05\/09\/heavy-machinery-used-to-rescue-a-boy-who-stumbled-into-a-well\/"},"modified":"2017-05-09T02:40:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T18:40:38","slug":"heavy-machinery-used-to-rescue-a-boy-who-stumbled-into-a-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/heavy-machinery-used-to-rescue-a-boy-who-stumbled-into-a-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Machinery Used To Rescue A Boy Who Stumbled Into A Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A Chinese toddler was rescued after falling down a narrow 150ft well. Firefighters and excavation teams worked for around ten hours to rescue the 20-month-old boy who fell into the well yesterday, in Xi&#8217;an, Shaanxi Province.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A Chinese toddler was rescued after falling down a narrow 150ft well. Firefighters and excavation teams worked for around ten hours to rescue the 20-month-old boy who fell into the well yesterday, in Xi&#8217;an, Shaanxi Province. The incident occurred while the youngster was being taken out to play by his grandparents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FpSpmB54B_uPlIb62YmNsi_2Agzw?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"760\" height=\"864.5\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">A Chinese toddler was rescued after falling down a narrow 150ft well<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-left: 40px;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FgMKNerEaLSoyfFpwKgDnvs_iNP2?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"760\" height=\"662.8888888888889\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">Firefighters and excavation teams worked for around ten hours to rescue the 20-month-old boy who fell into a the well yesterday, in Xi&#8217;an, Shaanxi Province<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4683281bf5b47e5a45db7ce2bd106724-sz_376814.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Foh5yA5GKFrlAh_K2lMFiymql74-?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"760\" height=\"545.2477064220184\" title=\"\">His family frantically called his name to keep him awake, with the boy trapped around 30ft deep down the 150ft well<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Heavy machinery was used to rescued the boy, who stumbled into the well yesterday morning, because the hole was only around 30cm in diameter.<\/p>\n<p>Oxygen had to be pumped into the well to keep him breathing, and he was provided with food and water.<\/p>\n<p>His family frantically called his name to keep him awake, with the boy&nbsp;trapped around 30ft deep down the 150ft well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fh1MapcijemUIOepKTyk9HKkkVir?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"780\" height=\"574.0687160940325\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">After 10 hours&#8217; rescue, the boy was saved on Saturday night after a huge pit was dug to the side of the way and a tunnel was made horizontally for the child to get out of&nbsp; <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrTAJg4GMbihQEfqO-oAG41RzI4F?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"780\" height=\"581.4801444043321\" title=\"\">Heavy machinery had to be used to rescued the boy, who stumbled into the well yesterday morning, because the hole was only around 3cm in diameter<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h5> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FpmbO_-qcf2zgxBttAor7k8QegKQ?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"780\" height=\"364.73933649289097\" title=\"\"><\/h5>\n<h5>After 10 hours&#8217; rescue, the boy was saved on Saturday night. He is currently recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries<\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>After 10 hours&#8217; rescue, the boy was saved on Saturday night after a huge pit was dug to the side of the way and a tunnel was made horizontally for the child to get out of. <\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Their attempts were made even harder after a landslide halfway through, but they eventually managed to retrieve the boy with a rope.&nbsp; The child is currently recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20170512163221.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Chinese toddler was rescued after falling down a narrow 150ft well. 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