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11-year-old Juliana Fischer was at her Massachusetts home when she suddenly heard cries for help coming from her neighbor, Kathleen Freeman. Freeman\u2019s 5-year-old son, Jack, was playing in the yard with his cousins when he stepped on a well cover, which gave way beneath him and caused him to plummet 20 feet underground. \u201cI heard a banging noise and then a scream… that I never heard out of my son before,\u201d said Freeman<\/a>, who was entertaining family members when she realized her son\u2019s cries were coming from below. Jack was holding onto a pole and standing on a rock to keep himself above the water.<\/p>\n

Upon hearing her neighbor\u2019s cries for help, Fischer called 911 and rushed outside. Freeman was trying to console her sobbing son while Fischer grabbed a ladder with the help of her father. \u201cI was just talking to Jack, the little kid who fell down. He was just crying and holding onto the pipe. While she was talking to 911, I saw the ladder over there. My dad went and got a rope. By the time we got a ladder down there, he started to climb up,\u201d said Fischer<\/a>. \u201cWe just told Jack to like switch over from the pipe he was holding onto to the ladder and just come up slowly,\u201d said Freeman. Despite his fear, the little boy was able to make his way up the ladder and back to his relieved mother.<\/p>\n

EMT\u2019s at the scene checked Jack, who apart from some minor scratches was unhurt. He was taken to Lowell General Hospital to be looked over and cleared. \u201cHe was really brave, and I\u2019m so thankful for Juliana. It was a very good feeling when he got out of the well,\u201d Freeman said<\/a> of her son and of Fischer. Fischer, for her part, remained humble about her role. \u201cI don\u2019t know. Anyone would have done the same thing,\u201d she said. She credited Fischer as having \u201csaved the day\u201d with her quick thinking.<\/p>\n

Responders covered up the well with a heavy metal plate on top of the well along with wells on top to prevent the cover from slipping. They have assured the concerned mother they will provide a more permanent and secure covering shortly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

11-year-old Juliana Fischer was at her Massachusetts home when she suddenly heard cries for help coming from her neighbor, Kathleen Freeman. 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