Vipin Sooryavanshi, who is a driver by profession, dived into an open borewell on seeing an eight-year-old girl fall into it at a Lokhandwala complex and rescued her on Wednesday. The entire rescue took place in a matter of 10 minutes.
The 12-foot deep borewell is located inside Lokhandwala’s Apna Ghar Society Unit number 5 in Andheri West.
Speaking to a publication, 28-year-old Sooryavanshi said, “It was a little after 6 pm. I had just parked the car next to the society office behind the building. The watchman had climbed on top of the roof of the society office to get the kids’ ball down, but it fell on top of the thin rusted cover of the well. The girl went to pick up the ball and fell into the well.”
He added, “I instantly took off my bag and jumped in without removing my shoes. I had to then splash around with my legs to locate where she was under the water. My leg touched her and then I supported myself against the walls of the well, and with the help of a pipe inside the well, managed to pull her out.” Sooryavanshi works for a resident of the building.
Surjitt Sahani
