Two-Year-Old Rescued from Deep Drainage Shaft in Pirna

Emergency crews used heavy machinery and coordinated efforts to save the child trapped for over two hours in freezing conditions.

A two-year-old boy fell into a three-meter-deep drainage shaft in a residential area of Pirna, Saxony, after stepping on a faulty plastic cover.
The child became trapped in a 30-centimeter-wide pipe, prompting a complex rescue operation involving firefighters, police, and construction equipment.
Rescue teams used two excavators to dig around the shaft and cut down two trees to gain access to the boy, who was eventually secured with a rope and pulled out through a side opening.
Throughout the two-and-a-half-hour ordeal, the boy's parents comforted him by singing songs, while warm air was directed into the shaft to prevent hypothermia in the freezing weather.
The boy was successfully rescued and transported to the hospital with minor injuries and signs of hypothermia, where he is expected to recover fully.