A boy (5) fell 32 meters into a borehole. It’s a miracle that little Rayan is still alive. But rescue is complicated.
- Since Tuesday (February 1st), emergency services have been trying by all means to save a little boy.
- Rayan (5) fell into a well 32 meters deep.
- The drama triggered a wave of sympathy.
Update from February 4th, 12:53 p.m .: The excavators suddenly stand still. A user named Ricardo Tex is currently sharing a live stream on YouTube. After a break it seems to be going on again. The recordings are a bit blurry, in between you can hardly see anything, then the picture is there again. “I only stop when Rayan is saved,” writes the YouTuber Ricardo in his comments. Apparently he is actually close to the action, in the crowd waiting for little Rayan to be rescued.
It is initially unclear whether the rescue of the five-year-old is imminent. Also, how close the rescuers are to little Rayan. Is it two meters or just one meter? Rayan is trapped at a depth of 32 meters. When the emergency services have reached this depth, they will immediately start drilling horizontally. Drilling is risky. The excavation work is therefore interrupted from time to time.
Rayan is still alive. The boy is supplied with oxygen and water by rescue workers. Videos of this can be seen on social media.
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Update from February 4, 10:30 a.m .: The clock is ticking. A medical team is on site to provide Rayan (5) with first aid immediately. A police helicopter is also ready to fly the child to a hospital. The little boy is still trapped 32 meters deep in a well. The rescue very difficult. The fountain is only 45 centimeters in diameter. Excavators are now digging a hole next to the well. The goal is to get to Rayan via a horizontal shaft between the new hole and the well to free him. It was the only solution, according to the rescuers. It is hoped that the rescue hole will be 32 meters deep in the next few hours.
The drama surrounding Rayan has attracted many people to the scene of the accident. You can observe the emergency services at close range. They are waiting for news about the fate of the child. The rescue of the five-year-old is spreading under the hashtag #saveRayan on social media. Moroccan footballer and PSG star Achraf Hakimi is also affected by Rayan’s misfortune. On Instagram he mentions the rescue operation. He posted a symbolic photo of the rescue on his Insta story, along with emojis of a broken heart and hands in prayer. Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez shared a picture of Rayan on Facebook alongside the hashtag “Stay Strong”.
Boy (5) falls into a 32 meter deep borehole: the whole country is worried about Rayan – rescuers are digging into the depths
First report from February 4, 2022: Rabat – The little boy has been trapped in a borehole for more than 40 hours. Emergency services in Morocco are trying to save Rayan. It’s a race against time. The five-year-old has been trapped in a 32-meter-deep well since Tuesday afternoon.
Drama in Morocco: Boy (5) falls into a 32 meter deep borehole
The accident happened “in a moment of inattention”, Rayan’s father described in local media. He just wanted to repair the well. That’s when the accident happened. Little Rayan accidentally fell into the narrow, dry well near the family home. The house is located in a village not far from the town of Bab Berred in the province of Chefchaouen (Morocco).
Little boy fell into well – rescue operation very complicated
The rescue teams have been in action for more than two days and are tirelessly trying to save the boy. Descending into the well is impossible because “its diameter is no more than 45 centimeters,” rescue operation leader Abdelhabi Temrani told state TV Al Oula.
Rescuers had also considered “increasing the diameter of the well, but that was not possible due to the nature of the soil, which could lead to a landslide,” government spokesman Mustapha Baitas said. So the only solution was to dig around the well.
Child caught in 32-meter shaft: This is how the rescue should work
The MAP news agency reported that the emergency services have already dug a “more than 27 meters” deep shaft. It is hoped to “get to 32 meters in the next few hours before a 3 meter horizontal connection is dug between the hole and the well to recover the child.” A team of doctors was dispatched to “perform initial examinations and resuscitation measures on the child as soon as it is rescued”. A helicopter is ready to fly the child to a nearby hospital. According to MAP, the rescue workers were able to bring “water and oxygen to Rayan via hoses.”
The whole village fears for the fate of little Rayan (5)
The rescue work was intensified on Thursday evening around the well in a village in the north of the country, as reported by the AFP news agency. They could last until morning.
Misfortune is reminiscent of Julen († 2) in Spain
The incident, which aroused great interest across North Africa, is reminiscent of the fate of two-year-old Julen in Spain in 2019. At that time, the boy had fallen 100 meters deep into a borehole with a diameter of only 25 centimeters *. However, his body was not discovered until 13 days later. (afp/ml) *Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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