Man freed after two days in cesspit

A Chinese man has been rescued after two days stuck up to his neck in a toilet cesspit. The man was only discovered when a passerby walked into the outside toilet and heard his cries.

The passerby called emergency services after trying unsuccessfully to free the trapped man. Firefighters dropped a ladder into the cesspit in Wuyuan County, Inner Mongolia, and the man finally escaped.



He was so weak after two days underground that it took him 20 minutes to climb up the ladder. Firefighters said the man was not seriously hurt by his ordeal - but was in dire need of a wash. "As soon as he came out, he rushed to a nearby pond to have a bath," said one fireman.

The man said he slipped while using the outhouse toilet hole two days ago, and slipped into the pit below. Nobody had used the toilet in the mean time so he was not discovered - even though his family had reported him missing.