‘Never forget this brave sister': Xinjiang dad tells daughter about officer who saved her
The heroic actions of a woman auxiliary police officer in Xinjiang who climbed into a 40 metre-deep, 40cm-wide well to rescue a two-year-old girl have moved countless people online.
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The toddler later visited the officer in hospital to express her gratitude.
The incident took place on April 16 in Luopu county, Xinjiang, in China's northwestern Uygur autonomous region, when a little girl fell into an abandoned well while playing.
The 40-metre-deep well had a narrow 40-centimetre opening, which meant that conventional rescue equipment was too large. Faint cries of fear were heard from the toddler.
Bupatim Abudukadir, a petite auxiliary police officer, volunteered for the rescue mission.
Emergency workers complete the little girl's rescue after she had been pulled from the well by the officer. Photo: YouTube/Beijing Talent Show
She secured herself with a safety rope, carefully descended into the narrow well, and upon reaching the bottom, found the child submerged in mud up to her chest.
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