Updated: 1:01 PM PST, December 10, 2020
It took first-responders nearly six hours to rescue a young boy after he fell down a 44-foot well in Texas this week, according to reports. The 4-year-old boy fell into the well when he was with his parents in Garceno Wednesday, KVUE-TV reported.
It took first responders nearly six hours to rescue a young boy after he fell down a 44-foot well in Texas this week, according to reports. The 4-year-old boy fell into the well when he was with his parents in Garceno Wednesday, KVUE-TV reported.
“Any vibration, any wrong strike of a shovel, could cause more soil to fall into the hole where the victim was at,” assistant Mission Fire Chief Robert Alvarez said. “We used what is called a vector truck, [which] is a big truck with a vacuum system on it,” said Alvarez. “That’s what we used to start taking the dirt out.”