India: Kerala woman rescues husband from well in daring act

Ernakulam: In a daring act of bravery, a 56-year-old woman rescued her husband who fell into a well near their house while plucking peppercorns in Kerala on Wednesday.

64-year-old Ramesan was plucking black peppercorns when he slipped off the ladder and fell into the well.

On hearing the noise, his wife Padma, rushed out of the house and was startled to see that her husband had fallen into the 40-foot well.

After calling for help, Padma carefully entered the well using a rope.

On reaching the bottom of the well, which had around five feet of water, she lifted Ramesan and held him close.

In the meantime, the locals gathered and the Fire Force Rescue team arrived.

Praful, the local officer of the Fire Force, said: “She told us that none of us needed to go down the well, and instead asked for a net. So we lowered a net. She first helped Ramesan into the net and we pulled him up. Then she came up. Her hands were fully bruised because of going down the 40 feet well using the rope. He has been taken to the hospital and is fine. But the daring act of Padma has to be fully appreciated.”

Praful added that they reached the spot in about 40 minutes and the two had to wait inside the well for around 20 minutes.