SIX DIE TRYING TO SAVE CHICKEN - August 1, 1995
CAIRO, Egypt - Six people drowned yesterday while trying to save a chicken
that had fallen into a well in southern Egypt. An 18 year old farmer was
the first to descend into the 60-foot well. He drowned, apparently after an
undercurrent in the water pulled him down, police said.
His sister and two brothers, none of whom could swim, went in one by one to
help him, but also drowned. Two elderly farmers then came to help, but they
apparently were pulled down by the same undercurrent. The bodies were of
the six were later pulled out of the well. The chicken was also pulled out.
It survived.
