The minor, 10 years old, has been trapped in a concrete pillar 35 meters underground for four days
The government of Vietnam has mobilized the military to step up efforts to rescue Thai Ly Hao Nam, the 10-year-old boy who was trapped 35 meters deep in a 25-centimetre-wide concrete pillar on Saturday. The incident took place in a construction zone in Dong Thap province, in the south of the country. In total, more than 350 people have participated in the rescue efforts so far, including soldiers from the 25th Combat Engineer Brigade.
No solution has succeeded in getting the little boy out of the hole he fell into when he went with three friends to a bridge under construction to look for scrap metal. Efforts are now focused on drilling the ground around the concrete pillar to create a space for hollow steel pillars 1.5 meters in diameter to be placed around.
Cranes are then used to remove the concrete pipe from the ground. Rescue teams will cut through the pillar to remove the child, who has been trapped for four days and “likely to sustain multiple injuries,” local authorities said. The idea of hanging a rope was rejected because the space is too narrow for the minor to tie it around his body.
“Despite enormous efforts, the rescue is still not over as the incident is rare and the rescue conditions are extremely adverse,” Lt Col Tran Minh Cong said. Authorities were shocked that a person could fall through such a small hole. “No one would have thought that a child could be trapped so low because the space is as wide as an adult’s hand,” a member of the rescue teams told the online newspaper ‘VnExpress’.
The rescuers work against the clock, but hope dwindles with every passing minute. Witnesses told local media that the minor was asking for help for the first ten minutes after the accident. Since then he has not shown any sign of life. Rescue teams pump oxygen at all times.
Source: La Verdad
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