John Waddell Tells People About His Experience Being Trapped in a Well- Gabriel Allen

Arizona man who fell into mine shaft describes two days of fighting to stay alive

Earlier this month John Waddell, a man from Arizona, fell into a hundred foot mine shaft and was stuck in there for three days. Today we got to hear his first-hand account of the event. He was talking about how he was climbing fifty feet down into the shaft when out of nowhere his rope snapped causing him to fall another fifty feet, the fall breaking both of his legs. He knew that if he didn't act fast his legs would swell and bleed out so he used sticks that he found at the bottom to fashion a splint. During his two days, he had to fend off multiple rattlesnakes with a stick. After two days someone finally finds him and the rescuers got him out of the shaft. Waddell says that he is very thankful to survive and also that he will be going down the mine again with someone because he says gold while he was down there.

I'm very glad that Waddell ended up being saved from the mine shaft and his story is very scary to hear. But I think that it's so cool that he's not going to let the event stop him from going back to find gold in that mineshaft and I'm glad he's going to bring people with him next time. Hopefully, his injuries heal quickly so that he can get his well-earned gold!