An 11-year-old girl saved the life of a 5-year-old boy who fell down a well and got stuck. This heroic rescue happened in Massachusetts on Friday, August 15, according to PEOPLE.

How An 11-Year-Old Girl Saved A 5-Year-Old Boy Stuck In A Well

5-year-old Jack Buss fell down a 20-foot deep well while playing in the front yard with his cousins. Boston 25 reported that this happened in Tyngsboro, the toddler’s mother, Kathleen Freeman, calling it “a crazy morning.”

“I heard a banging noise and then a scream… that I never heard out of my son before,” she added. Kathleen soon found her son stuck inside a hidden well, standing in water.

Luckily, she said his fall was broken by a pipe and a rock in the well. If not for that, he may have suffered from serious, life-threatening injuries.

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