An 8-year-old girl in China's southern province of Guizhou survived a harrowing ordeal after being pulled into an underground drainage pipe by raging floodwaters. The incident occurred June 23 as she was walking home from school and stopped to retrieve a lost shoe. Swept 30 feet underground, she managed to cling to a metal bar for over seven hours in freezing water and complete darkness.
Rescuers eventually rescued the girl, who avoided serious injuries, highlighting her remarkable composure and perseverance. This dramatic rescue comes amid record-setting and catastrophic flooding in Guizhou and other parts of southern China.
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