The mum was crouched over the hole-in-the-floor toilet when her waters broke - and the baby popped out and plunged out of sight, its umbilical cord still attached. The mum screamed for help and doctors, plumbers and firemen raced against time to save the baby. A special camera was put into the drain to check the child's position, and it was carefully pulled free.
The baby was resuscitated and rushed to hospital in Changzhou, where he and his mother are reported to be doing well.