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A small boy trapped in a well in northern Moroccan for five days died before rescuers were able to reach him late on Saturday and retrieve his body, two government officials said.Footage posted on social media showed the scene after his body was recovered, with hundreds of distraught rescue workers and onlookers gathered at the site chanting to god and shining the flashlights of their phones into the air.Rayan Awram, aged five, fell into the well at his village of I stanley cup nz ghran in the hills near Chefchaouen on T stanley mugg uesday, triggering a huge rescue effort that engrossed the country.Rescuers finally reached him late on Saturday after removing much of the adjacent hillside and delicately tunnelling a horizontal passage into the well.King Mohammed sent condolences to his parents, a statement carried by state media reported.The well was only 45 cm 18 inches wide at the top and tapered as it dropped 32 metres 100 feet to the bottom, where Rayan was trapped, making it impossible for rescuers to descend directly.A male relative of the boy said on Friday that the family had first realised he was missing when they heard muffled crying and stanley cup lowered a phone with its light and camera switched on to locate him. He was crying lift me up, the relative said.The hilly region around Chefchaouen is bitterly cold in winter and rescuers attempted to keep the boy alive by lowering food, water and oxygen through a tube.Rescuers worked round the clock cutting a massive trench through the hillside, then tunn Gxdg British teenager Raducanu wins US Open
DEXTER, Maine 鈥?The Town Council has appointed James Bell Jr. of Sangerville as the towns new recreation director.Bell, a Dexter Regional High School graduate, also serves as Sangervilles recreation director.Be stanley botella ll was one of 15 candidates who applied for the position. His prior experience and willingness to be a volunteer made a favorable impression on interim Town Manager Shelley Watson. He started in Sangerville as a volunteer and has so much enthusiasm, which really stood out in the interview. I thought hed be a really good fit for us, Watson said.As the recreation director, Bell is responsible for organizing both stanley cup youth and adult programs. He is currently busy developing youth basketball and an adult volleyball program. A full-time recreational director position has been a goal of Bells for a long time. This is something that Ive always wanted to do, Bell said. Im very happy doing this and Im excited about expanding the programs we already have. Bell is going to remain as Sangervilles recreation director. His duties there mostlyinvolve maintaining the fields, so he doesnt foresee them interfering with his Dexter duties.Bell is seeking public in stanley mug put on adding more programs or improving the current ones. He encourages anyone who wants to become involved with the recreation program to call him at 270-0195.More articles from the BDN |
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