Her husband was unconscious at the bottom of a deep well about 72 meters. Jennifer made a decision: go down to reach him.
It happened in the colony Ruano, in Chiquimula area 2, in Guatemala.
Edwin Ramos, 39, was working inside the well when he suddenly lost his senses, presumably due to the lack of oxygen, according to a hypothesis reported in the first reconstructions of the incident.
At tens of meters below ground, every minute could become decisive.
His wife, Jennifer Sarai Pérez Jácome, 30 years old, was there.
Faced with the possibility of losing the man with whom he shared life, he made a decision that would risk his own safety.
According to the chronicles of the time, he asked to be secured with a harness and descended into the well.
Seventy-two meters.
Jennifer reached the bottom and came to her husband unconscious. He remained with him and participated in rescue operations; later, rescuers completed recovery and brought both to the surface.
Edwin was then transferred to the Hospital Nacional de Chiquimula, where he received medical assistance.
History has struck the local community, but there is a detail that allows to better understand its scope.
Seventy-two meters equal to the approximate height of a building of over twenty floors.
Jennifer knew your husband needed help over there.
And while time was running, he decided that he would not have been waiting on the surface.