Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Chinese firefighters save newborn infant found in sewage pipe

A newborn child was saved in China over the weekend after residents of a building heard his cries from the inside of sewage pipe. 

In the latest case the infant was found in the sewage pipe in a residential building in Jinhua in the wealthy coastal province of Zhejiang on Saturday afternoon after residents reported the sound of a baby crying, state television said late on Monday.

Firefighters had to remove the pipe and take it to a nearby hospital, where doctors carefully cut around it to rescue the baby boy inside, the report said.

The child is in a stable condition and the police are looking for his parents, state television added.

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Video of the rescue is below.