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Added on the 19/01/2019 18:51:02 - Copyright : Euronews EN
The sun rises in Morocco Saturday during the nerve-wracking final stages of a massive rescue operation to free Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped down a well since Tuesday. The complex and risky earth-moving operation has gripped residents of the North African kingdom and even sparked sympathy in neighbouring Algeria, a regional rival. Rayan fell some 32 metres (100 feet) down the empty shaft in the remote village of Ighrane in Chefchaouen province on Tuesday afternoon. IMAGES
Hundreds watch a dramatic rescue effort to save a four-year-old boy believed to be stuck inside a water well pump. Gavino Garay reports.
Bystanders watch as Moroccan authorities and firefighters work to rescue five-year-old boy Rayan, who has been trapped in a deep well for over two days, near Bab Berred in Morocco's rural northern province of Chefchaouen. IMAGES
Rescuers work early in the morning at the site of an operation to save Rayan, a five-year-old boy who fell in a deep well more than 40 hours ago, in a village near Bab Berred in the rural northern province of Chefchaouen in Morocco. IMAGES
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