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

Truly sad. But the would-be rescuers didn't give up.

RIP little one, at least you will get a decent send off. Good on the rescuers for bringing the body up to the parents

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.