It was an arduous task for rescuers to dig an over 60-foot-deep parallel pit and create a tunnel to reach an 11-year-old boy stuck in a borewell for five days in Chhattisgarh, but neither the rescuers gave up nor the boy lost his patience.

In the end, it was a happy moment and a sigh of relief for the boy’s parents, locals and over 500 rescuers, after the boy was safely pulled out from the borewell late Tuesday night following multi-agency efforts for over 100 hours.