An exhausted fireman fainted after lowering himself down into a six-metre-deep well to rescue a trapped elderly man in central China.<br /><br />The video, filmed in the city of Xinxiang in Henan Province on October 29, shows a fireman named He Shihao tied by safe ropes lowering down into a water well to approach the trapped old man.<br /><br />He then carries the man in his arms and other firefighters pull the ropes up to take them back onto the ground. <br /><br />The elderly man was rescued in around 30 minutes and handed over to the paramedics on-site.<br /><br />However, the fireman He Shihao fainted onto the ground due to hypoxia and exhaustion.<br /><br />Fortunately, he recovered after being putting on an oxygen mask and resting for a while.<br /><br />Both the fireman and the elderly man have made a full recovery.
