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Heroic 11-year-old girl rushes to save toddler, 5, stuck in 20-foot deep well after hearing neighbor’s cries for help

August 18, 2025
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An intrepid young girl rushed to her neighbor’s aid when she heard a desperate mom shouting for help after her 5-year-old son plummeted down a 20-foot deep well in their Massachusetts neighborhood.

Juliana Fischer, 11, was at her home when she heard her neighbor, Kathleen Freeman, screaming for her son and pleading for someone to help.

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11-year-old Juliana Fischer rescued her 5-year-old neighbor from a well. WHDH

“I heard these screaming, like these screams, and someone saying, ‘Call 911,’” Juliana told Local 12.

The preteen didn’t waste a single moment asking questions and sprinted outside, following the sounds of Freeman’s shouts while she called the police.

Freeman’s son, Jack Buss, had fallen into the deep water well that had been concealed by a cover that slipped out of the way while the toddler was walking over it.

Young boy wearing a Sonic the Hedgehog hat.
Jack Buss slid through the well cover and fell 20 feet. WHDH

All the while, Jack told the outlet that he was looking — and shouting — for his “mama.”

“I heard a scream that I’ve never heard before from my son,” Freeman told the outlet.

The stunned toddler was able to stand at the bottom, surrounded by chunks of concrete and clutching a nearby pole.

Stone pavers on a metal plate covering a water feature.
Emergency responders covered the well with a piece of wood weighed down by bricks. WHDH

Freeman, stuck above ground as she watched her son sob at the bottom of the well, tried to console him the best she could as Juliana slid to her side.

The 11-year-old quickly assessed the situation and grabbed a nearby ladder, carefully lowering it down into the well with her father’s help so Jack could climb out.

The toddler clambered his way up largely unscathed, save for a few minor scratches.

“He was really brave, and I’m so thankful for Juliana. It was a very good feeling when he got out of the well,” Freeman told the outlet.

Aluminum ladder leaning against house foundation.
Juliana grabbed a nearby ladder and lowered it into the well so Jack could climb up. WHDH

Responding crews didn’t have much work cut out for them after Juliana’s tactful approach. They placed a heavy metal plate on top of the well with bricks just to make sure it wouldn’t slide off again, but assured the concerned mom they would eventually find a more permanent solution.

Jack was taken to a nearby hospital for an extra assessment.

Juliana, meanwhile, shrugged off her good deed.

“I don’t know. Anyone would have done the same thing,” she told the outlet.

Still, Freeman’s family is celebrating Juliana as a neighborhood hero.

The post Heroic 11-year-old girl rushes to save toddler, 5, stuck in 20-foot deep well after hearing neighbor’s cries for help appeared first on New York Post.

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