A video believed to have been recorded in the south-eastern Nigeria's Anambra state—judging from their dialect, captures the heart-stopping incident.
It shows a large crowd gathered around the opening of a well as the confused onlookers beckoned that a child had fallen into the well.
Residents were helpless and only resorted to murmuring until a brave man managed to enter the deep well and tied a rope around the child before those gathered at the mouth of the well then pulled the rope up, bringing the child out alive and well.
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Yabaleftonline.ng reports that the brave man who jumped into the well to save the child told bystanders that the well was very deep.
The feeble-looking child was placed on a mat facedown and some people pressed the child’s tummy gently to force out the excess water from his body.
Watch the video below: