A four-year-old boy was pulled from a well by rescuers, six hours after falling down it.
The boy was stuck around nine feet underground for hours as first responders worked to dig the young boy out.
He was saved from an eight-inch-wide water well in Garceno, Texas.
Authorities were first alerted to the incident at around 4:40pm on Tuesday afternoon, where he was stuck deep underground.
The rescue effort was a combination of the sheriff’s office, La Rosita Fire Department, Roma Fire Department, Mission Fire Department and the Starr County Memorial Hospital Emergency Services.
Using chisels, the first responders worked for hours to get the boy out of the narrow water well.
Video footage shows the young boy being rescued from the hole, to the applause of crowded relieved onlookers.
The City of Mission, Texas, wrote on Twitter that it was a “Christmas Miracle”.
The Starr County Sheriff Rene Fuentes posted on social media, thanking the long list of departments involved in the rescue, saying: “Through prayers and actions from everyone involved a little boy lives today.”
The City of Mission, Texas, wrote on Twitter that it was a 'Christmas miracle'.
During the hours of stress, and being buried underground, the young boy stayed alert and communicating throughout according to the sheriff’s office.
Once rescued, he was quickly flown to a hospital where he was in a stable condition and undergoing tests.
Starr County Sheriff's Office said they "would like to thank all the agencies that came together in the successful rescue of the 4-year-old boy that feel in a water well yesterday afternoon" before listing 24 individuals and organisations who helped.
He went onto say: "Last night proved to be a testament of our community and neighboring communities’ unity and sincere concern for each other.
"Through prayers and actions from everyone involved a little boy lives today. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
