For 12 chilling hours on Monday afternoon, 72-year-old Lolene Rawlins lay trapped in the depths of an 87-foot well, holding out faith for every minute she spent in darkness.
It took two hours for the members of the Roving Response team and the Barbados Fire Service to rescue the Goodland Gardens, Christ Church resident, who fell deep into a hole hidden by bush and located under a dunks tree in an open pasture in the same area that she usually traverses on mornings and evenings.
The senior citizen is now back safely at her home, counting herself fortunate to have escaped with her life, only suffering a banged up knee, lacerations to her left foot and two fingers on her left hand.
Recounting the incident with the DAILY NATION, Rawlins viewed her survival as a mixture of coincidence and a reward of faith as she offered thanks to God for lending her strength in the trying 12 hours.
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