Headlines call it The Miracle of San Cristobal as teenager survived after being sucked into a street water drain

[Dolores]

A young teenager, just 13 years old, was walking home on Thursday, 15 May 2025 at 4pm in the Lavapie sector of San Cristobal during a torrential downpour. Because of the flooded streets, she decided to take a less-known route home. It was a near-tragic decision. She was swept away by the torrential runoff and sucked into a open sewage drain. She was rescued and hospitalized and is now recovering.

For her it was a nightmare that will accompany her for life. For hours and hours, Sheilyn Vizcaíno was trapped underneath the streets of Lavapie barely surviving. To many, her survival is a miracle. According to the girl’s recounting of the events, she managed to find a high spot inside the drainage tunnel, and there she remained until her rescue around 8 hours later, after midnight by two community members.

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[JD Jones]

She'll never forget that experience.

 

[Manuel01]

WOW To be honest; It is a kind of a Miracle to survive this.
She must be a hell of a fighter.

 

[Aguaita29]

I heard that Civil Defense called off the search. Relatives and neighbors kept searching and found her.

 

[JD Jones]

In a nutshell, the head of Civil Defense said the search for her would continue until they found her. The local civil defense guy assessed the situation, and probably reasoned there was no way she could have survived, so he called the search off.
She was sucked in through a manhole, probably had a really scary ride in the water to the junction box where she grabbed hold of something and held on.
Some local guys continued the search and eventually found her in the junction box with enough space for her to breathe and rescued her.
The head of Civil Defense was rightfully upset with the local guy for calling off the search and canned him.