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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Trapped toddler Julen
Trapped toddler: rescue attempt in Spain slowed as drill hits hard rock
Julen Roselló, aged two, fell down the 100m borehole while out walking with his parents near Málaga
The mission to save the child has triggered an outpouring of public
support as rescuers struggle with the challenge of bringing heavy
equipment up steep access roads and reaching the toddler safely. “We are incredibly motivated to reach him as soon as possible. We’re
not bothered by the hours, the tiredness or the lack of sleep,” Ángel
Vidal, the lead engineer overseeing the rescue, said on Saturday. “We are hopeful that we will reach him as soon as possible and bring him back to his parents,” he added. However, on Sunday the effort slowed as diggers hit hard granite.
Rescuers would complete the vertical shaft “at the end of the night” on
Sunday if they are able to keep working at the same pace, engineer Angel
Garcia Vidal who is overseeing the operations, told reporters late on
Sunday. “We continue to work intensely, nonstop, and we hope to reach our desired goal very soon,” he added. The boy, Julen Roselló, fell into the borehole, which is just 25cm
(10 inches) wide and 100m (yards) deep, as his family walked through a
private estate in Totalan, Málaga. Officials have been unable to find signs of life but say they are
working on the basis that the child is still alive. Video footage shot
by firefighters and released by Spanish broadcaster Canal Sur shows a
blockage around 70 metres into the well which has prevented rescue
services from sending food or water to the child. Experts told Spanish media that there are slim chances that Julen
could still be alive, explaining that cold weather slows a body’s
metabolism, so it needs less energy and can survive with abnormally low
breathing and blood flow. “The cold has a double edge. On the one hand it’s negative, because
it can cause multiple consequences,” Ivan Carabano, a paediatrician at
Madrid’s Hospital 12 de Octubre, told the El Pais daily. “But in this case we all hope for its better outcome: with it you
gain time to survive because at lower temperatures the human metabolism
slows and tissues are preserved.” Trucks brought drilling equipment and giant pipes to the site on Friday.
A banner that reads “Strength Julen! Totalan is with
you”, is seen at the area where the Spanish two-year-old boy fell into a
deep well. Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Once the first tunnel is completed, rescuers will begin working by
hand to construct a second shorter tunnel to reach the area where the
boy is trapped, which will take a further 20 hours. Residents of the town have held vigils for Julen and in support of his family. Spanish media say the boy’s parents suffered another tragedy in 2017
when their three-year-old son died suddenly of health problems while
walking along a beach. “Be strong, Julen. Totalan is with you,” read a handmade banner hung on the roadside near the rescue site. “We are living some incredibly difficult hours for relatives, friends
and neighbours (of the family) and we want to send them our support in
this moment,” government spokeswoman Isabel Celaá said on Friday in a
news conference.
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