Baby recovers after 27 hours trapped in well 27/03/2008 - 08:16:47
A baby girl in India who fell into a 45-foot well has been rescued after spending 27 hours in the pit.
Rescuers spent much of the day trying to pull the girl, identified only as Vandana, from the narrow well in a village near Agra, the site of the famed Taj Mahal.
At one point, they even played music into the hole to soothe the child.
Rescuers used heavy earth-moving equipment to help get the child out.
In video footage broadcast on Indian television, hundreds of people who gathered near the scene could be seen surging forward as a man flanked by soldiers carried Vandana from the hole to a waiting ambulance.
"The girl looked dazed and started crying," local official Mukesh Meshram said. "She was immediately handed over to paramedics and doctors."
While Mr Meshram could not provide details of the baby's condition, the CNN-IBN television station reported that she was in good shape, but was being held overnight for observation at a nearby hospital.
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