This is the remarkable moment a five-year-old boy was hauled alive from a 100-foot deep borewell in India.<br /><br />Pradeep, a resident of Agaryala Village near Mathura in northern India fell into the well on Saturday while he was picking fruit from a tree.<br /><br />His friends saw him falling and alerted his family who called local officials.<br /><br />A team from the National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) was sent to the spot while a team of doctors provided an oxygen supply to the stricken boy.<br /><br />The rescue team lowered a camera and found that Pradeep was conscious and responding to their instructions. <br /><br />They then dropped a rope and managed to loop it around his legs. <br /><br />As Pradeep held on to the rope, they eventually pulled him to the surface, nine hours after he fell into the well.<br /><br />Anil Kumar Singh, Assistant Commandant NDRF, said the rescue operation had taken two hours. <br /><br />Chief Medical Officer of Mathura, Sher Singh, said: “The boy is in good health. But we will keep him under observation for a day and then send him home.”
