The Chinese newborn was apparently lodged below a toilet. Warning: Graphic images.
Firefighters saw a sewage pipe in this still image taken from video.
Via: REUTERS TV / Reuters
A newborn baby was dramatically rescued in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, over the weekend after being stuck in the pipes below a toilet for at least two hours, Sky News reports. The five-pound baby boy's placenta was apparently still attached.
A firefighter hands a section of a sewage pipe to his colleague.
Via: REUTERS TV / Reuters
The baby's mother is a 22-year-old woman who appeared at first to have deliberately flushed the infant down the toilet after hiding her pregnancy. But police later said she was the one who first alerted her landlord and authorities about "weird noises" in her pipes. She "was on the scene during the entire rescue process" and admitted she was the baby's mother, authorities told Sky News.
