Toddler rescued after 12 hours in Swiss Alps crevice

This handout pictured taken by Swiss Police of the Canton of Valais on October 4, 2017 shows the tiny crevasse from where a child fell in a six-metre (20-foot) deep cavity and was rescued after 12 hours of work near Aletsch glacier. AFP

GENEVA: After a 12-hour ordeal, rescue workers pulled a two-year-old girl unharmed out of a deep crevice she tumbled into during a family hike in the Swiss Alps, police said on Friday.

"She emerged basically unscathed, with just a few scratches," Christian Zuber, a spokesman for the regional police in the canton of Valais, told AFP.