5-year-old girl rescued from 10m-deep hole in southern Vietnam
Tuesday, December 20, 2022, 19:52 GMT+7
Rescuers safely saved a five-year-old girl from a concrete pile hole that is more than ten meters deep in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam on Monday.
A representative of the rescue team confirmed the rescue on Tuesday, saying that the call for help to the girl came around 4:30 pm the day before.
Upon the 14-member team’s arrival at the scene, which is within the construction site of the Thang Long Home urban area project in Dong Nai’s Nhon Trach District, they found the girl in a concrete pile pit that is more than 10 meters deep and about 40 centimeters in diameter.
Rescuers try to take a girl from a deep concrete pile hole to the ground in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, December 19, 2022. Video: Tuoi Tre
One rescuer then calmed the girl down, while the rest used specialized equipment to thread the belt around the victim’s body.
Nearly 20 minutes later, the rescuers successfully brought the girl to the ground safely.
After giving the girl first aid, they took her to a nearby polyclinic for medical observation, which showed that her health was stable.
|
|
| A rescuer holds a girl after taking her from a deep concrete pile hole to the ground in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, December 19, 2022. Photo: A.B. / Tuoi Tre |
The victim was released home and later identified as a five-year-old girl, from south-central Phu Yen Province.
She is living with her family in the same district and fell into the hole while playing with friends at the construction site.
Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!
