Morocco to bury 'little Rayan' who died trapped in well

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IGHRANE: Morocco prepared on Monday (Feb 7) to bury \u0022little Rayan\u0022, the five-year-old boy who died trapped in a well despite a days-long rescue operation that gripped the world. The child\u0027s

The child's fate drew global attention after he fell down a narrow, 32m dry well last Tuesday, and sparked an outpouring of sympathy online.

The news was announced by the royal Cabinet of the North African nation, after King Mohammed VI called the parents with his condolences. The race to rescue Rayan was followed live across the world, and as soon as the tragic conclusion was announced, tributes poured in. Rescue crews, using bulldozers and front-end loaders, excavated the surrounding red earth down to the level where the boy was trapped, before drill teams created a horizontal tunnel to reach him from the side to avoid causing a landslide.

 

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