11-Year-Old Philippines Boy Miraculously Survives Landslide by Taking Refuge In Refrigerator For 20 Hours
NDTV
Authorities discovered Jasme lying inside the refrigerator as they conducted a rescue operation in the Leyte province in the wake of storm Megi.
An 11-year-old boy survived a landslide in the Philippines by taking refuge in a refrigerator for a whole day. According to the New York Post, the boy, named CJ Jasme, had been at home with his family when a massive mud landslide inundated their house in Baybay City, Philippines, on Friday. Authorities discovered Jasme lying inside the broken appliance as they conducted a rescue operation in the province of Leyte in the wake of tropical storm Megi.
With mudslide encroaching his home, the quick-thinking 11-year-old hopped in the family refrigerator. He then spent around 20 hours hunkered down inside the appliance in order to shelter himself from the storm. Salvation finally came when the rescue team spotted the refrigerator on a riverbank, whereupon they sent out an SOS as another landslide was inbound.
According to the Post, police officer Jonas Etis informed that the rescue crew then evacuated Jasme. They hoisted the broken appliance out of the mud like a coffin and then transferred the 11-year-old into a makeshift stretcher. The team said that the first words the child spoke to them were, “I'm hungry”.
