The Saving of Rayan

Rescuers are now within 'two metres' (according to Twitter) of reaching the trapped five-year-old boy who fell down a deep well in Morocco. He must have been down there about 90 hours now. He does have an oxygen tube and some nourishment passed down to him. Last I heard was that he is still alive.

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Rescuers who are desperately trying to reach a five-year-old boy who fell into a deep well in Morocco are entering the final stages of their operation. They worked through the night to reach the boy, named by local media as Rayan, who plunged 32m (104ft) through the well's narrow opening four days ago. The complex operation has gripped the North African country for days, and thousands have gathered at the scene. Fears of a landslide have made the rescue operation more dangerous. That risk combined with the mixture of rocky and sandy soils has meant rescuers deem opening the water well's narrow shaft to be too dangerous. Instead, bulldozers have been used to cut a huge trench next to the well and authorities say they are "almost there".

BBC News

Because of the dangers of the soil caving in, they have had to dig another well alongside and then try to reach the boy horizontally. A few hours ago they managed to insert a concrete tube (rather like a sewage pipe), which will obviate the real danger of the roof caving in.

Just two metres to go!

There is a live channel broadcast on twitter.

Even the rescue helicopter and medics have had to land ten kilometers away because of the high risk.

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