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Five-Year-Old Boy Trapped 100ft Down Well For Four Days Has Died

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Updated 12:42 9 Feb 2022 GMTPublished 21:04 5 Feb 2022 GMT

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Five-Year-Old Boy Trapped 100ft Down Well For Four Days Has Died

Rescue workers in Morocco have pulled out a five-year-old boy four days after he fell 32m (105ft) down a well.

Charlie Cocksedge

Charlie Cocksedge

Rescue workers in Morocco have pulled out a five-year-old boy four days after he fell 32m (105ft) down a well.

The Moroccan royal palace has since said the five-year-old has died.

Moroccan King Mohammed VI confirmed the tragic news and sent his condolences to the boy's family.

According to reports, the boy, named only as Rayan, was been carried out of the tunnel by emergency workers, after special tunnels had to dug to get safe access to the well.

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Rescue teams were seen entering the tunnel with stretcher, and stayed there for an hour before bringing the boy out. Rayan's parents were reportedly escorted to an ambulance before he was brought out.

Five-year-old Rayan was found to be in the well after he was heard crying by his family members, who were searching for him after he fell into the well on Tuesday, February 1. His mother was quick to call the authorities after realising what had happened, and as they worked to reach Rayan, rescuers lowered a camera into the well to check his condition. Rayan reportedly fell 32 metres down the well while his father was working to fix it earlier this week in the Chefchaouen province.

Afraid of causing landslides, those at the scene were forced to dig a trench alongside the well, which is 100 metres deep, before digging an access tunnel towards the shaft where Rayan was located. Rescue workers spent three days digging the parallel ditch, before creating a horizontal tunnel to reach the area where Rayan was trapped.

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As the excavation process continued, the boy's parents were joined by hundreds of villagers who had gathered to offer support.

The family's story and the tireless efforts of rescue workers gained global attention, and thousands have since taken to social media to send condolences to Rayan's family.

If you have experienced a bereavement and would like to speak with someone in confidence contact Cruse Bereavement Care via their national helpline on 0808 808 1677 

Featured Image Credit: EHA News/Twitter/Al Jazeera/YouTube

Topics: World News

Charlie Cocksedge
Charlie Cocksedge

Charlie Cocksedge is a senior sub editor at LADbible Group. He graduated from the University of Manchester with an MA in Creative Writing, before getting his NCTJ. His work has also appeared in such places as The Guardian, PN Review and the bin.

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