TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. —

A 5-year-old boy is recovering after he fell 20 feet into a well in the front yard of his Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, home on Friday.

Jack Bissias was playing in his front yard when he stepped on a well cover that gave way.

Luckily, his neighbor, 11-year-old Juliana Fischer, heard his screams. She called 911 and then grabbed a ladder to help pull him out.

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"I was just talking to Jack, the little kid who fell down. He was just crying and holding onto the pipe," Fischer said. "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."

EMTs arrived at the scene to provide aid, but Jack was

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