A woman visited a cemetery located in the suburbs of Ferraz de Vasconcelos in Sao Paulo, Brazil and rescued a man who was buried alive and who is recognized as a person with mental health problems.
According to reports revealed by Record TV News, and quoted by 24 Horas, the woman was visiting the grave of one of her relatives when she realized that the ground was constantly moving, she saw a human hand emerging, she was terrified and alerted the cemetery authorities.
The man who was rescued by an emergency squad presented high levels of asphyxia, therefore he was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and will be subject to psychological studies, reports Periodista Digital.
The source noted that in the first inquiries of this case, Brazilian police assumed that the man may have been involved in a fight, knocked unconscious and then taken to the cemetery by his attackers assuming he was dead.
Watch the video of the rescue here:
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