ALBAWABA - For the past four days - and going into the fifth, the social media has been buzzing about five-year-old Rayan who fell down a disused well in Morocco and got trapped in it.
Millions around the world held their breath in the ongoing race against time to rescue the Moroccan child Rayan, who has been stuck at the bottom of a deep well for four days, fighting death, desolation and #Rayan #أنقذوا_ريان#أنقذوا_الطفل_ريان #SaveRayan #المغرب pic.twitter.com/NCLSNSuEHL
— ARAFAT (@arafatooda) February 5, 2022
Rescuer services have been working frantically - round-the-clock - to get the little boy out of the slender 105-feet well. They have been working cautiously to make sure that the soil stays in place and doesn't collapse while they dig through different implements.
?New news.. The operation to rescue the child Ryan is entering a sensitive stage..#المغرب#أنقذوا_ريان#الطفل_ريان https://t.co/VPWwPbewYb
— سائر سبيل (@saeersabil) February 5, 2022
Meanwhile the story of Rayan has been making international news with many newspapers writing about it both inside Morocco and outside it with literally everyone following-up including the BBC, New Times, the Guardian, Al Jazeera and ABC News. These media organizations and many more either wrote extensive articles on the Morroccan boy or talked about the story live on TV.
#انقذوا_ريان latest update about Rayan rescue process , and its dugging by hand#انقذوا_ريان
— ᗩᕼᘻᘿᕲ ᗩᗷ (@Ahmedab248) February 5, 2022
The rescue team is facing frequent soil collapse, which prolongs the rescuing process. pic.twitter.com/mPCZ2BCXMU
Hashtags have been hitting the social media by storm including under different themes like (#SaveRayan, #Rayan, #انقذوا_ريان , #الطفل_ريان, #صار_الوقت, #يوم_الجمعه). Everyone has been following up on the story and the rescue efforts from the East, to the West, with lots of comments and posts and with much calling for prayers, from all denominations, Christians, Muslims, ordinary people who only heard of the story.
?Morocco.. Two meters separate the rescue teams from Rayan..#الطفل_ريان #أنقذوا_ريان #المغرب #ریان https://t.co/eDiPiIl7tz pic.twitter.com/689lz7YDgc
— سائر سبيل (@saeersabil) February 5, 2022
Everyone is talking about the story which mobilised the passions of the Moroccan public with many flocking to the site of the accident and watching the rescuers as they go about their drilling in the Ighran village which is about 75 miles southeast of the Straight of Gibraltar.
#SaveRayan: Rescue of #Moroccan boy #Rayan trapped in well
— Gulf News (@gulf_news) February 5, 2022
Watch: The complex and risky earth-moving operation, now in its fifth day, has gripped residents of the North African kingdom and sparked a huge wave of sympathy across the globe. https://t.co/N1w74yJvH1
Kuwait Times tweeted: Moroccan rescuers were in the nerve-wracking final stages Friday of a marathon effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped down a well for a fourth night. Rescuers managed to deliver oxygen and water to the bottom of the well on Thursday, but no updates on his condition.
#SaveRayan #Rayan please remember Rayan in your prayers. The 5 year old Moroccan boy who has fallen down a well and been stuck down there now for 4 days. He must be terrified ??. His mother must be distraught. Allah keep him safe, free of fear, & get him out safely. Ameen ??
— ?I miss dad ?seeking justice (@Islam_Is_Tru) February 5, 2022
Another tweeted: Millions around the world held their breath in the ongoing race against time to rescue the Moroccan child Rayan, who has been stuck at the bottom of a deep well for four days, fighting death, desolation....
Effort to rescue Moroccan boy stuck in well reaches 'final stages'https://t.co/oQNhh9YTVZ
— CoinTuta (@TutaCoin) February 5, 2022