Morocco has woken up sad and in mourning for the death of Ryan. The five-year-old boy failed to survive more than a hundred hours trapped in a narrow 32-meter shaft. The details of his death and the rescue, which has been difficult and laborious due to the difficulty of the terrain, are still unknown. A few hours after learning of his death, the country has turned to the family and the workers who participated in the rescue.
A rescue that has also crossed the borders of the country and shocked the world, especially in the Arab world. The messages of condolence have been repeated among the political class, diplomacy, athletes and celebrities, but also among thousands of anonymous people. In the same statement from the royal house that confirmed Rayan’s death, it was detailed that the monarch Mohammed VI He called the minor’s parents to convey his condolences. “I want to offer my most sincere condolences to the child’s parents”, the Prime Minister also stated, Aziz Akhannouch.
“The Embassy wholeheartedly joins the deep pain of Rayan’s parents, that of his relatives and that of the entire Moroccan people”, the Spanish Embassy has transmitted in Rabat. The ambassador of the European Union in the Maghreb country, Patricia Llombarthas also expressed his “deepest condolences to the parents of little Rayan and to all Moroccans”. “Their solidarity, their mobilization and that of the rescue teams inspire respect”, he added.
The country in shock
Morocco has gone from euphoria to desolation in a few minutes. The entire country was glued to the telephone and television following the rescue of the five-year-old boy, Rayan, who fell 32 meters into a well on Tuesday. After 9:30 p.m., the rescue team took the little boy out amid a hall of applause and euphoria outside the well, the hundreds of people who gathered at the rescue site also kept one of the operators who participated in the rescue , but a few minutes later it was reported that the child had not managed to survive and the country was left in shock.
More than a hundred hours had passed since the little boy fell into the well located a few meters from his house, in a rural mountain area in the north of the country. From the first moment the news was known, many people approached the place and volunteered to try to rescue the little boy. After ruling out the possibility of descending the shaft or widening it, the rescue teams began to dig a parallel tunnel against the current, first with heavy machinery and finally by hand.
The “heroes” of the rescue
The works were carried out without pause, day and night, against a terrain that has not made it easy. At various times landslides occurred and forced to secure the tunnel with large concrete pipes and avoid machinery that produces vibrations. They have also had to overcome the rocks that have slowed down progress, each advanced meter was celebrated. Among the rescuers, tired faces, but until Rayan’s death was confirmed, everyone around the well and the entire country kept hoping that the “hero Rayan” could resist.
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Inside and outside of Morocco they have also turned to all the people who have worked tirelessly on the rescue. “Rayan, may Allah give you rest. Bravo for our rescuers, heroes of a country,” writes Nizar, a Twitter user. Messages like this have not been repeated on social networks and on the street. A work that Mohamed VI and the country’s president also recognized after completing the rescue.
Beyond the avalanche of messages of solidarity, some voices also ask through networks to explain why it took so many hours to get to where Rayan was, although for now the authorities have not provided more details about the rescue or the circumstances of Rayan’s death.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com