[VIDEO] Man Pushed His Girlfriend Down A Manhole Where She Was Stuck For 60 Hours
A woman made an incredible escape after being pushed down a manhole by her boyfriend for over 60 hours.
By Sadho Ram — 15 Feb 2014, 02:51 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
A man in China has been charged with attempted murder for pushing his girlfriend down a manhole on the street, where she spent the next 60 hours trying to survive
Footage from December shows the man on his own before the incident, lifting the cover off the hole and placing a piece of cardboard over the top.
The man is seen here positioning the cardboard over the open manhole ready for his assault
Image via dailymail.co.ukLater, he returns to the spot in Haikou City with his girlfriend, and pushes her down the hole.
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The man rushes the terrified woman over to the concealed manhole entrance and then proceeds to literally stuff her down it
Image via dailymail.co.ukWhen she stumbles and gets her legs stuck in the gap, he aggressively stuffs her into the hole.
he man takes only seconds to overpower the woman and make sure she falls down the 10-foot deep manhole
Image via dailymail.co.ukReplacing the cover, he then runs from the scene.
The woman was rescued wearing only her underwear. She was swollen and pale from her prolonged soaking and exhausted from spending nearly 3 days struggling to keep from drowning down the 10-foot hole.
The woman's cries for help are eventually heard and passers-by convene to help her to safety
Image via dailymail.co.ukPlucked from the her watery tomb by pedestrians who heard her desperate screams for help, the woman had constructed a 'cloth ladder' to reach the manhole lid over the previous two days- only to find she was not strong enough to lift it up.
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The woman, known only as Guo, said she tore her clothes into pieces and made a cloth ladder to get to the manhole lid.
Image via dailymail.co.ukShe had cried out for help on multiple occasions down the lonely street but on her rescue told police of her horrific ordeal. 'I did not sleep at all the first night I fell in the manhole. I could see the darkness around me. I thought that I would not be choked to death if I looked up,' she said.
The woman was taken to hospital where she was given treatment for her horrifying experience down the manhole
Image via dailymail.co.ukAccording to the woman, her boyfriend, known as Guo, may have pushed her into the sewer to escape paying her 100,000 Yuan (about US$16,500) in debt
The man has been arrested by police for attempted murder. He was captured on surveillance camera at the scene previously lifting the manhole cover off and placing a piece of cardboard over the top.
dailymail.co.ukThe man told police he intended to kill the woman as he had an affair with her, but later confessed he tried to kill her because of the debt. Police said the suspect was a gambling addict.