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| Race to free India girl from well |
| 2008-03-26 |
| Army and police engineers in northern India are racing against time to rescue a two-year-old girl who fell down a deep well on Tuesday evening. The child, named only as Vandana, was playing outside her house when she fell more than 40ft (12 metres) down a man-made well in Tehra, Uttar Pradesh. The army is digging parallel to the well to try and tunnel through to the child, who has been heard crying. Indian TV channels have been showing pictures from the rescue scene. Oxygen is being pumped to the young girl and army personnel say she is breathing. They have also sent down glucose, water and biscuits while the parents have been able to talk to her. But the situation is precarious as there is a fear of the well collapsing if the digging is carried out too quickly. So the army is moving slowly and carefully, while doctors and an ambulance stand by. "A parallel bore-well is being dug and we hope with the help of the army the girl will be rescued safely," the deputy inspector general of police, Kamal Saxena, told national news channel, NDTV. Hundreds of locals have come out to watch the rescue operation, hoping to see Vandana brought out alive and well. This is not the first time a child has fallen down wells left carelessly open in India. Earlier this year, a young boy was rescued from a deep well in the southern state of Karnataka. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #3 "what's that Lassie? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-26 18:22 |
| #2 Lathi charge home in time. |
| Posted by: Menhadden Greanter1562 2008-03-26 14:48 |
| #1 Updated at the link. They got her out. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-26 13:42 |