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Chinese woman survives 15 days in a well
It seems the woman was searching for medicinal herbs in the cornfield when she fell in.
A woman has survived 15 days trapped down a well in central China.
Su Qixiu, 38, fell into the 4m-deep abandoned well in Henan province on 1st September. She survived by eating raw corn and drinking rainwater that fell into the well.
Firefighters rescued her on Monday afternoon, and she was now receiving medical care, reports said.
The well was surrounded by tall stalks of corn and hence hard to see, and the inside wall of the well too smooth to climb. Relatives searched for the missing woman but could not find her.
It seems the woman was searching for medicinal herbs in the cornfield when she fell in.
As she fell she grabbed onto some corn stalks. While the stalks did not stop her fall, some ears of corn fell into the well with her, it said.
"I spent every day hoping that someone would walk by and rescue me. I called out every day, and although there was no response, I did not give up," a newspaper quoted her as saying.
She was finally rescued on 16th September, when a villager harvesting corn heard her cries and called the fire brigade.
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ERRATA: SHOULD BE POSTED ON A DIFFERNENT ARTICLE: APOLOGIES... I do not agree with the emphasis on the personal family component of this story, let alone the nationality origin of the targeted person.
There is no doubt that there are native Maltese citizens who may be amply qualified to serve in this or other posts. But until now, there is certainly a pool of human resources that may have been marginalised, overlooked or underutilised which can be used in Malta national interest.
Rather than give in to the temptation of short-sighted narrow nationalism, the country leadership (all the parties included) ought to look into the best ways of tapping into the assets of talented, qualified, competent, faithful and loyal Maltese citizens of foreign extraction who can serve as better interfaces and bridges of mutually beneficial cooperation with their countries of origins.
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I do not agree with the emphasis on the personal family component of this story, let alone the nationality origin of the targeted person.
There is no doubt that there are native Maltese citizens who may be amply qualified to serve in this or other posts. But until now, there is certainly a pool of human resources that may have been marginalised, overlooked or underutilised which can be used in Malta national interest.
Rather than give in to the temptation of short-sighted narrow nationalism, the country leadership (all the parties included) ought to look into the best ways of tapping into the assets of talented, qualified, competent, faithful and loyal Maltese citizens of foreign extraction who can serve as better interfaces and bridges of mutually beneficial cooperation with their countries of origins.
