Two weeks after the boy fell down a concrete pipe in Vietnam, the 10-year-old’s body still hasn’t been recovered.
Nearly two weeks after a boy fell down a 35-meter-deep concrete pipe at a construction site in Vietnam, the 10-year-old’s body has still not been recovered. The child was pronounced dead 100 hours after the terrible accident and unsuccessful attempts to pull the pipe out of the ground.
“We don’t know exactly when we will be able to pull the pipe. Work is ongoing, and the deeper the drilling, the more complex the geology faced by emergency crews,” said Doan Tan Buu, executive vice president of Dong Thap Province. , On thursday.
The soil at depth is extremely hard, he explained. “We sent an 80-tonne crane to the site, ready to lift the pipe after the construction crews had removed the last few feet of soil.” It’s not clear if that will take days or even weeks. Specialists from Japan would also help with the work.
Rescue should not be rushed
An expert told the Vietnamese media that the rescue should not be rushed because there is great frictional resistance at depth – also because the tube is closed at the bottom. It can break if workers are not careful – and thus make saving much more difficult.
The disaster in southwest Vietnam made headlines around the world earlier this year. It’s still unclear exactly where little Nam is in the pipe. It is only about 25 centimeters in diameter. Authorities said no one thought a 10-year-old could get stuck that deep in the tube. According to reports, there were only signs of life from the boy in the first ten minutes after the fall.
(APA/dpa)