Army troops have joined the rescue teams to help in the operation that tries to save a 10 year old trapped since Saturday inside a hole for concrete piles of 35 meters deepthe local media reported on Tuesday.
Thai Ly Hao Nam He went with three neighbors to collect metal at a bridge construction site in Dong Thap province, in the south of the country, when he fell into a hollow concrete pile barely 25 centimeters in diameter.
The Prime Minister of Vietnam, Phram Minh Chinh, urged on Monday the mobilization of all the necessary resources to speed up the rescue of the little boy, reports the Tuoi Tre newspaper today. The tasks, which the soldiers joined since yesterday afternoon, focus on try to remove the earth around the pile of cement -which has the lower end closed-, for its possible extraction through the use of heavy machinery.
According to the VnExpress news portal, as of Monday afternoon, some 30 meters had been drilled and the remaining 5 were expected to be completed overnight. construction security cameras capture the moment when the child suddenly disappears falling down the hole while walking on the uneven ground in the area, according to the video broadcast by VnExpress.
Since the accident occurred, before noon on Saturday, dozens of police officers and firefighters have gone to the scene to try to rescue and pump oxygen into the hole so that the child can continue breathing, in addition to sending him water.
According to Tuoi Tre, the authorities are not sure of the health status of the little boy, who has stopped interacting with the rescuers.
Source: Lasexta
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