A profusely grateful mother of a boy rescued after nearly five harrowing days from a 60-feet deep abandoned tube well in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday fell at the feet of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in gratitude and equated all the rescuers with God.
Gita, the mother of 11-year-old Rahul Sahu, expressed her heartfelt thanks to the Chief Minister when he visited the hospital where the boy is recuperating as well as all other officials and all others who were engaged in the rescue efforts day and night.
The shocking saga, followed with great interest across the country and even abroad, took place in Pihrid village in Janjgir-Champa district. Rahul slipped into the tube well on Friday and was finally rescued on Tuesday night.
“The rescuers of Rahul are God. God himself saved Rahul’s life. The rescuers did not even bother about food and water while attending to my child to save him,” she said.
When the Chief Minister visited Apollo Hospital, where Rahul is at admitted, she fell at his feet and thanked him from the core of her heart.
She kept gazing at her son, occasionally kissing his forehead.
Her eyes also gazing at the minor injuries her son suffered when he fell into bore well. Rahul cannot speak or hear but can feel the motherly touch.
Official sources said Rahul, who survived more than 106 hours stuck in the bore well, was healthy. All his vital organs including lungs were functioning well. But his body temperature was nominally high.
Rahul’s friends inside the borewell during this period were a snake and a frog, one official said.