Morocco: Rescuers entered the tunnel to extract Rayan, 5, who fell into a 32-hole pit on Tuesday – franceinfo

The rescuers had tried in recent hours to send oxygen and water through tubes and bottles down to Rayan, without certainty that he could have used them.

The hand drilling of a horizontal tunnel of a few meters was progressing slowly in this deprived locality. The risk of landslide was indeed real on the rescue operation due to the nature of the ground at the site of the incident, some areas being rocky, others very sandy.

Thousands of people had come in recent days, some from afar, as a sign of solidarity. They camped there despite the freezing cold of this mountainous area of ​​the Rif, located nearly 700 meters above sea level.