Rescue workers in Morocco approached today, Saturday, a young child, Rayan, who fell into a well in northern Morocco five days ago.
The five-year-old fell into a well in the northern Moroccan city of Chefchaouen on Tuesday, and his ordeal drew widespread attention.
Rescuers worked all night using bulldozers to dig a parallel well in the hill next to the well. By this morning they were digging horizontally towards the well and installing plastic pipes to protect against landslides and to retrieve the child.
Abdel-Hadi Al-Tamrani, the supervisor of the rescue operation, told Moroccan Channel Two early this morning that the second rescue step is about to be completed, and that the rescue team is racing against time to reach Rayan, and that the excavation operations are going as planned.
The National Radio and Television Corporation quoted a rescue worker as saying on Friday that the boy was still alive.
The depth of the well is 32 meters and its diameter is 45 centimeters, and its opening narrows with the descent to the bottom, which prevents rescuers from descending to retrieve it.
The hills around Chefchaouen are very cold in winter and although food has been dropped off to Rayan, it is not clear if he has eaten anything. It was also supplied with water and oxygen via a tube.
A witness told Reuters that the horizontal drilling was delayed due to the rocks.
A helicopter is on site, ready to take Ryan to hospital as soon as he is rescued.
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