Two-Year-Old Rescued From Well With Help Of iPhone Used By Chinese Firefighters (VIDEO)

Chinese firefighters use an iPhone to help rescue a trapped toddler in China's Yunnan Province

A two-year-old Chinese boy was saved by firefighters after falling into a 40-foot well in southwestern China Saturday, the Telegraph reports.

As emergency workers struggled to hoist the boy up using an adult-sized harness, they decided to tie a piece of rope around an iPhone, slide it down and film the full position of the boy during the rescue.

Rescuers also used a hose to pump fresh oxygen into the well to keep him from suffocating.

According to the Daily Mail, Chinese state media reported the boy was finally rescued at 10 p.m. local time on Saturday evening.

The child was taken to hospital, but had no major injuries from the fall.

This isn't the first time Chinese emergency workers have gotten creative in a rescue mission. Last year, Chinese firefighters used a mattress to free a 5-year-old boy stuck between two walls.

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Comments

[noodles865]

02:45 AM on 04/05/2012

I know the Iphone is tech but I do love when people think out of the box and go lower tech to help or assist in problem solving...I remember a story my granpa told me this truck went into a bridge didn't pay attention to the height restriction he was driving really fast and was really stuck carrying sensitive load chems.of some kind it stayed for a few day's disrupting traffic in the town a 8 year old boy walked down to get an ice cream cone and to watch the efforts, stood for just a few min. watching when they took a break he went over to listen to the men talking about it and raised his hand like he was in school and they said yeah what do ya need and the boy said ..Why don't you let the air out of the tires..a half hour later the truck was removed..love that story...glad he is ok

[OnTheOtherSideOfEarth]

12:45 AM on 04/05/2012

It a happy story, yet those Sinophobia comments just make me sick.

[anitaj]

07:11 PM on 04/04/2012

Well done to the creative firefighters! Best wishes for the child's health.

[kleind862]

07:08 PM on 04/04/2012

good going man the only good thing I have ever heard of, from the use of an I phone.

[jonny dipstick]

11:13 AM on 04/04/2012

My friend is chinese and a firefighter and he is always making jokes about how he is a terrible driver and they shouldn't let him drive the truck to fires. Pretty funny, but I don't make those jokes because it would be racist.

[mds308]

10:50 AM on 04/04/2012

Yep, there's even an app for that.

[PlayTOE]

10:29 AM on 04/04/2012

New technology = new solutions to problems.

[Romansten10]

09:50 AM on 04/04/2012

Thank you Jesus! Bless those rescuers.

[Jonnyboy007]

09:26 AM on 04/04/2012

thank God!

[Verneice Newell Richard]

09:22 AM on 04/04/2012

wow, everyone took sour pills today, if the iphone was not there they would have to wait for camera equiptment which could take hours. Don't be asses, he is safe and sound. Good fast thinking on the firefighters part. Hats off to them.

[MyNinja]

03:56 PM on 04/04/2012

Old people hate technology they can't understand. So naturally it's the PHONE that's stupid, not them...

[Verneice Newell Richard]

04:08 PM on 04/04/2012

well not all old people, I am still learing, and love every new aspect, it's amazing!

[CJulia]

09:10 AM on 04/04/2012

poor little baby. i'm glad he was rescued and is fine. he's lucky he's a boy. if it had been a girl they's probably throw a couple more in there and seal the hole.

[Phils Stamps]

09:07 AM on 04/04/2012

The China iPhone - woooopy....!!!

[tcoop423]

08:46 AM on 04/04/2012

Thank God for the Firefighters!

[mzladysmiling]

08:37 AM on 04/04/2012

Bless his little heart.....
hopefully he is so young that any memories
of this will be forgotten as time goes by....
terrifying at the moment ... I''m sure.....
kudos to the....they did a great job....

[Cathy Valentine Curry]

08:31 AM on 04/04/2012

That poor little guy.. what a tragic thing to happen to a child. I'm so happy he's okay. I cannot imagine the fear and horror he went thru down in the well. Bless his heart.