After a 12-hour ordeal, rescue workers pulled a two-year-old girl unharmed out of a deep crevice she tumbled into during a family hike in the Swiss Alps, police said Friday. “She emerged basically unscathed, with just a few scratches,” Christian Zuber, a spokesman for the regional police in the canton of Valais, told AFP. The child had given signs of life throughout the rescue operation, he said. “I have never before seen such a rescue operation,” he added. The girl was later taken by helicopter to a hospital in Bern, where she spent one night under observation before being released, Zuber said.

Source: Hindustan Times October 07, 2017 02:03 UTC