A newborn baby has been pulled out of a storm drain after a dramatic three-hour rescue operation.
The baby was found trapped inside the drain and emergency services worked to free the girl. Police are now investigating how she got there.
The incredible moment a newborn baby girl is rescued from more than seven metres down a storm water pipe. The amazing men & women from Durban’s emergency services have been working for nearly three hours to save the infant. #NewlandsEastBabyRescue @ECR_Newswatch pic.twitter.com/iXPmeeTrlg
— Bernadette Wicks (Wolhuter) (@bern_wicks) February 11, 2019
In a complex three-hour operation, the rescue team dug a two-metre trench and shored up walls before cutting into the storm water pipe.
Workers were then able to pull the baby out of the pipe and bring her to the surface, to cheers from the crowds which had gathered nearby.
Posted by South African Police Service on Monday, February 11, 2019
According to Rescue Care operations officer Garrith Jamieson, 36, who was at the scene, the baby had no injuries but did have hypothermia.
“The body temperature was cold but the baby is fine,” he told the Press Association. “The baby has now been transferred to a step down hospital.”
Posted by Rescue Care on Monday, February 11, 2019
