Overview
- Qin, 48, fell into an abandoned well near Quanzhou on September 13 that was narrow at the top and wider at the base, making escape impossible.
- She stayed above the water by clinging to an embedded stone and wedging additional stones as footholds while enduring mosquitoes and a non-venomous water snake bite.
- Her family reported her missing on September 14, and rescuers located her around 1:45 pm on September 15 after clearing dense vegetation at the wellhead.
- She was first treated at Jinjiang City Hospital and then transferred to Quanzhou First Hospital with two fractured ribs, a partial collapsed lung, and severe hand injuries.
- Doctors report she is stable and expected to recover, as the case draws wide online attention to concealed rural hazards.