Under the 3-meter layer of sand

The beach town of Michigan City, Indiana, there was a shocking incident: 6-year-old boy walking with his parents, suddenly fell into a crater. According to the British tabloid Daily Mail, 6-year-old Nathan Reul spent the weekend with her parents on one of the beaches in Michigan City.

During a walk through the dune, known among locals as Mount Baldy, the boy ran forward, when the sand beneath them began to sink, and the next second he was gone in a sudden crater. Shocked parents rushed to help Nathan, trying to remove it yourself from the trap, but their efforts have led to the opposite result - the child even more filled with sand. Seeing the futility of their attempts, the couple called the Bowl 911, telling the dispatcher what happened and giving the coordinates of the dam. 15 minutes later arrived at the scene of the emergency services staff, to take the boy to dig by hand.

Soon they were joined by specialists, who with the help of probes to determine the location of the air pockets, where there was a 6-year-old victim, and attracted to the excavations, excavators and other heavy equipment. During the rescue operation, which lasted for three hours, emergency services workers have dug a pit depth of 3, 5 meters, the bottom of which was discovered by Nathan.

Immediately after removing the boy showed no signs of life, but on the way to the hospital began to breathe and cry. First, 6-year-old child was taken to the Medical Center of St. Anthony, and then transported to the hospital of Chicago. At a press conference held on Saturday afternoon, Deputy Coroner Mark Huffman (Mark Huffman) told reporters that the 6-year-old boy is in the hospital in intensive care and the performance of its vital functions are regarded as satisfactory by doctors.

Representatives of local law enforcement authorities banned visiting Mount Baldy pending investigation of the incident, the purpose of which is to determine the safety of the dunes. "I've never heard of such incidents. Nothing like this was not one of the sand dunes, "- said the rescuer Bruce Rowe (Bruce Rowe), working in Michigan City from 1991 year.

Source: fedpost.ru/sobytiya/43135-malchiku-prolezhavshemu-3-chasa-pod-3-metrovym-sloem-peska.html