Three days after a boy fell into a 35-metre-deep concrete pipe in southwestern Vietnam, emergency services are still trying to rescue him. It is unclear whether the ten-year-old is still alive, Vietnamese media report Tuesday. All attempts to soften the earth around the pipe, which is closed at the bottom, and to pull it out of the ground with a crane have so far failed, the newspaper “VnExpress” wrote. Now another rescue plan would be implemented.
The boy, whose name is given as Nam, collapsed on Saturday at a construction site where a bridge is being built. The tube is only about 25 centimeters in diameter. No one would have imagined that a ten-year-old could be trapped so deep in the tube, “because the space inside is only the size of an adult’s hand,” said one helper. According to media reports, the child initially cried for help after his fall.
Steel pipe is drilled to depth around concrete shaft
The rescue work was “very difficult” due to the extreme narrowness of the pipe and despite great efforts, the newspaper “Tuoi Tre” quoted a military spokesman as saying. The emergency services drilled deep around the pipe to place a 1.5 meter diameter steel pipe around the concrete pipe – making it easier to pull it out. The plan is to then use a detector to pinpoint the boy’s exact position before cutting through the concrete, the military spokesman said.
Emergency services: “Rescue in final phase”
The National Search and Rescue Committee said on Tuesday: “After three nights of effort, the rescue of the 10-year-old boy who fell into a 35-meter-deep concrete pipe at the Roc Sen Bridge in Dong Thap province is now well underway. final stage. The rescuers are expected to gradually pull out the concrete pipe in the morning and pick up the child.”
Source: Krone
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