Rescuers in Morocco raced against
the clock on Friday to save a young
boy trapped in a deep well for
almost three days, in an operation
that has gripped the kingdom with
hundreds of thousands anxiously
glued to live broadcasts.
Relief operations intensified for five-
year-old Rayan, who fell down a 32-
metre (100-foot) deep well on
Tuesday, as darkness fell with
diggers clawing out dirt under
floodlights to create a hole next to
the narrow shaft.
Government spokesman Mustapha
Baitas promised on Thursday that
the child will rescued soon.
“Our hearts are with the family, and
we are praying that he will be back
with them as soon as possible.”
The drama has sparked an
outpouring of sympathy online, with
the Arabic hashtag #SaveRayan
going viral across North Africa,
including in neighbouring Algeria.
The drilling in the village near Bab
Berred in Morocco’s rural northern
province of Chefchaouen has hit 27
metres (88 feet), with “the hope of
reaching 32 metres (105 feet) in the
next few hours”, Morocco’s MAP
news agency reported.
The rescuers will then dig three
metres horizontally “between the
hole and the well to recover the
child”, it said.
A medical team was dispatched to
the scene to carry out initial checks
and potential resuscitation once the
boy is rescued.
Rescuers were able to send the child
oxygen and water via pipes, and a
police helicopter is on standby to
evacuate him to a nearby hospital.
Rayan’s father told Le360 news
website he had been repairing the
well when the boy fell into it.
“I couldn’t sleep a wink all night,” he
said.
His grandmother Laaziza told AFP
Rayan “is very loved here in the
village, not just at home” by his
family.
Lead rescuer Abdelhabi Temrani
told Al Oula television that the
diameter of the well was less than 45
centimetres (18 Inches).
Baitas said the nature of the soil
meant it was too dangerous to try to
widen the hole, meaning major
excavations around it were the only
solution.
The broadcasts of several Moroccan
media outlets are being followed
minute-by-minute by hundreds of
thousands of internet users hanging
on for news about the child’s fate.
Moroccan footballer and PSG star
Achraf Hakimi mentioned the rescue
efforts on social media, alongside
emojis of a broken heart and hands
together in prayer.
The boy’s fate has attracted crowds
of people to the site of the operation,
putting pressure on rescuers
operating in “difficult conditions”,
Baitas said.
“We call on citizens to let the
rescuers do their job and save this
child,” he said.
The accident echoes a tragedy that
occurred in Spain in early 2019
when a 2-year-old child died after
falling into an abandoned well 25
centimetres (10 inches) wide and
more than 70 metres (230 feet) deep.
Julen Rosello’s body was recovered
after a search and rescue operation
that lasted 13 days.

SOURCE : https://www.aljazeera.com:443/news/2022/2/4/morocco-rescuers-dig-to-save-boy-trapped-in-well-for-days

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Damn!!! I don't think anything can scare this boy anymore if he inventually survive this....

A country that works, mehn I just hope he is brought out alive

Hang in there son, help is coming

Don't want to imagine what they're all going through. It's well

I pray the rescuers get it right.

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Hang in there son, help is coming

Don't want to imagine what they're all going through. It's well

I pray the rescuers get it right.

They did