A Moroccan boy stuck deep in a well for several days has been successfully pulled out but did not survive.The five-year-old boy who had been stuck in the well for four days was pulled from the well in a northern village of Ighran in Morocco’s Chefchaouen province, Fox News has confirmed, and has died.
Rescue workers roll cylinders as they attempt to build a tunnel to rescue a 5-year-old boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco’s Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
(AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)LITTLE BOY IN NORTHERN MOROCCO IS STUCK IN A WELL: IS THERE HOPE FOR HIM?An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw the boy wrapped in a yellow blanket after he emerged from a tunnel dug specifically for the rescue. His parents had been escorted to an ambulance before the boy, Rayan, emerged. The rescue workers had been frantically digging to try to reach the boy who was trapped down a 105-foot deep well, officials said on Thursday.
Residents stand on top of tractors as they watch civil defense workers and local authorities attempting to rescue a 5-year-old boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
(AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)WHITE HOUSE RIDES WAVE OF GOOD NEWS AFTER BRUISING SEVERAL MONTHSUnstable soil has been threatening the painstaking work of trying to dig the child out safely, the Associated Press reported — and fears had been growing that time was running out.Rescuers used a rope to send oxygen and water down to the boy as well as a camera to monitor him. By Saturday morning, the head of the rescue committee, Abdelhadi Temrani, said: “It is not possible to determine the child’s condition at all at this time. But we hope to God that the child is alive.”CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Rescue teams are working frantically to save the life of a small boy trapped in a well.
(FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)Khalid Agoram, the boy’s father, told another local broadcaster that he had been looking for his son for hours on Tuesday before figuring out that he had fallen into the well.Associated Press contributed to this report
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