This is the incredible moment a young policewoman volunteers to go down a narrow 130-foot-deep well to save a trapped two-year-old girl.
Video footage recorded in the oasis town of Hotan, in Xinjiang Province, China, on 16th April, shows numerous locals and firefighters gathered around the hole in the ground where the girl is heard wailing in terror.
The toddler was stuck in the narrow hole with only her head above thick mud pooled at the bottom.
Locals had gathered to help when they heard her cries but the 15-inch wellhead was so small it made it impossible for them to reach her.
Firefighters arrived and attempted to lower rescue tools via ropes, but they were repeatedly blocked by the narrow walls.
At this critical moment, 22-year-old auxiliary policewoman Bupa Taymu Abudukadir stepped forward. Usually tasked with teaching villagers about fraud prevention and mediating neighbourhood disputes, she declared resolutely: “I can go down!”
Female officer rescues a child trapped in a well in Hotan, Xinjiang, China, on Apr.16, 2025. The child was saved. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (AsiaWire/NX)
With a safety rope secured tightly around her waist, Bupa took a deep breath and began descending the narrow shaft.
The video then shows rescuers pulling out the two-year-old girl and immediately handing her over to paramedics before pulling out her saviour to safety.
Both were caked in mud but without any serious injuries.
They were reportedly taken to hospital for treatment.
Female officer rescues a child trapped in a well in Hotan, Xinjiang, China, on Apr.16, 2025. The child was saved. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (AsiaWire/NX)
The narrow well, it later emerged, used to be covered with wooden planks to prevent anyone from falling in, but they decayed over time and snapped under the girl's weight as she was playing outside.
Bupa was praised for her bravery and received a reward from the local government.
But she remained humble when speaking to local media and said: "The child was saved, that's all that matters. As the people's police, this is what we should do."
(Simona Kitanovska / newsX)