Posted on 02/05/2022 9:19:20 PM PST by Kevin in California
A 5-year-old boy who had been trapped 32 meters underground in a well in Morocco for four days was found dead on Saturday following a lengthy rescue attempt that had captivated the Arab world. In an official statement carried by state television, Morocco's King Mohamed VI offered his condolences to the parents of the boy, identified as Rayan, as the meticulous relief operation came to a heart-wrenching end. Relentless digging by bulldozers parallel to the well reached the full depth of 32 meters before rescuers embarked on a horizontal dig to reach the boy. In the last stretch, which took longer than expected, rescuers resorted to manual digging in fear of possible landslides that would put Rayan's life at risk. They also inserted pipes as a shelter from rock collapses, television footage showed.
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RIP!
I’ve never understood why they don’t setup a tripod with a big pulley and lower someone down to grab them....Seems it would take the least time and effort.
I get if the hole is too small - but then you lower down the rope and shine a light so they can see it ....provided they are conscious....
Humanity at its best. Contrast that effort to the massing of troops that threaten Ukraine and Taiwan.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/02/05/morocco-five-year-old-boy-rayan-oram-dies-well-rescue/6591644101394/ says the well was about 20 inches in diameter
Omg what an unimaginable nightmare for the parents. And the rescuers too. Heartbreaking. Please LORD , send the Holy Spirit to be their comfort.
Morocco is one country I’ve always wanted to visit.
A week from now, will there still be no fence, gate or barrier around that 100ft hole they call a well?
A month from now, will any of the very wealthy Arab nations decide to help Morocco to finally get a drinking water system, complete with sanitation of that water?
Or is this as far as the ‘compassion’ goes for their Muslim brethern.
I’ll be many people have fallen down such ‘wells’.
This was a very young child, so it got attention.
Would a little girl have gotten the same attention?
I’m very sorry. I heard about this earlier, and prayed they’d get to the boy in time.
How horrible. :( Rest in peace little one.
I had read he couldn’t move and was in a 2 foot square space.
How horrible
Lifted up by gods wings please lord
Sometimes you lose. RIP
Modern wells are small diameter unlike old ground cisterns
They are usually capped
My small horse farm is on an old plantation site south of Franklin TN a few miles
We are on the foundation and have a ground cistern or well around 25 yards south west of my starboard back door
It’s huge but we filled it to within five feet of the top with riprap and have a concrete slab over it with only rabbit holes open
It’s it’s a den of timber rattlers and copperheads where king snakes go to get full lol
This is so sad
My parents were married in Morocco. My American father in Spain would not convert to Catholicism to marry my Spanish mom. So they went to the US embassy in Morocco. The wedding pictures are beautiful.
Interesting. My daughter traveled all through the Middle East. Has a knack for languages and picked up Arabic. Morocco was her favorite country. I’d love to go there. Won’t happen, but wish it had.
May God bless this little boy and his poor bereaved parents.
Poor kid. RIP.
Moroccans are Berbers, not Arabs.
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