IGHRAN, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan rescuers have pulled a 5-year-old boy out of a deep well where he was trapped for four days but the country's king says the boy has died.
An Associated Press reporter at the scene Saturday evening saw the boy, Rayan, wrapped in a yellow blanket after he emerged from a tunnel dug specifically for the rescue. His parents were escorted to an ambulance before he emerged. His plight had captured worldwide attention.
Rayan fell into a 32-meter (105-feet) well and was trapped in a hole too narrow for rescuers to reach safely. Search crews used bulldozers to dig a parallel ditch.
