rooster59 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Spanish rescuers find body of toddler trapped in well Spanish rescuers are seen after finding the dead body of Julen, a Spanish two-year-old boy who had fallen into a deep narrow well in Totalan, southern Spain January 26, 2019. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo TOTALAN, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish rescuers on Saturday found the dead body of a two-year-old boy who had fallen into a deep narrow well in southern Spain on Jan. 13, a Spanish official said. Miners had been drilling day and night to reach the boy, Julen, into the borehole - 100 metres (300 feet) deep and just 25 cm (10 inches) wide - which was blocked with soil. "At 1:25 a.m. (0025 GMT), the rescue teams reached the area of the well where they were looking for Julen and they found the lifeless body of the little one," said a government spokesperson in Malaga. There had been no signs of life since the boy had fallen into the borehole as his family was walking through a private estate in Totalan in southern Spain. Rescuers found the well was blocked with soil, raising fears the well had collapsed on top the child. -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-01-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Truly sad. But the would-be rescuers didn't give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 RIP little one, at least you will get a decent send off. Good on the rescuers for bringing the body up to the parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongalulu Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 2 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said: Truly sad. But the would-be rescuers didn't give up. 100 metres. This was only ever an operation to recover a body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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