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| A B-day gift for Prince - gets new lease of life | | 5 yr old rescued after 2-day long operation | | Shahabad, July 23: The struggle for existence ended on Sunday for the six year old Prince as he was successfully rescued from a 60-foot pit after over two-day long operation by various agencies including Army jawans. The people across the country had offered prayers for the safe exit of the boy from the pit.
Army soldiers and experts from the fire service and Air Force had dug a tunnel from a dried up well parallel to the narrow and dark pit, only 16 inches wide, into which Prince fell at Haldheri village near Kurukshetra. The accident occurred while the boy was playing near the pit dug for a tubewell.
As the rescuers worked on reaching the child, who turned six yesterday, hundreds of people gathered at the site from nearby villages and towns, holding their breath in anticipation of the boy`s safe rescue.
Rescuers monitored Prince`s condition using a closed circuit TV system that also allowed him to talk to people on the surface. Food and water was also lowered to the boy.
Prince`s father Ram Chander, who works as a farm hand, told reporters, "I have been praying for the safe rescue of my son ever since he got stuck in the pit." He was joined in the prayers by the boy`s mother Karamjeet.
Across the country, people of all faiths prayed for the boy, who was shown in the CCTV footage resting in the pit, eating chocolates and biscuits lowered to him in a bucket and occasionally crying in desperation. Oxygen was supplied into the pit through a pipe and water was also lowered to the boy.
The Prime Minister, who prayed for the "speedy rescue and good health" of prince, offered "full medical care" for the boy.
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