Moroccan rescuers are continuing rescue efforts to reach a 5-year-old boy who is trapped in a well in the north of the African country. The child, identified only as Rayan, is stuck in the well which reaches more than 100 feet (30 meters) underground in Chefchaouen province. Machines dug vertically to a depth of more than 90 feet overnight, state media MAP reported Friday, while the emergency workers are now planning to start digging horizontally. "People who love us are sparing no effort to save my child," Rayan's father said as he stood watching rescue efforts on Friday night, Reuters reported. Live feeds on state-owned Al-Aoula TV said Friday afternoon that the diggers still had to cover 6.5 feet vertically and just under 10 feet horizontally to reach the boy. The child fell into the well Tuesday afternoon and was discovered after he was heard crying, his mother said in an interview with Al-Aoula two days later. She said he was playing in a nearby area before disappearing for a brief time, and that she was quick to call authorities after hearing him. — Agencies
