Rescuers in Vietnam work to free boy trapped after falling into a pillar on a construction site.
abc.net.au/news/vietnam-boy-trapped-in-construction-site-rescue-effort/101826136Soldiers and engineering experts in Vietnam are working to free a 10-year-old boy trapped in a buried hollow concrete pillar on a construction site.He fell into the 25-centimetre-wide shaft of the pillar at a construction site on SaturdayEfforts to lift the pile with cranes and excavators have failed
Thai Ly Hao Nam was reportedly searching for scrap iron with friends when he fell through the 25-centimetre-wide opening of the pillar at the construction site for a new bridge in the Mekong delta province of Dong Thap on Saturday. A wider 19-metre metal pipe has been lowered around the concrete tube he is trapped in to allow them to remove mud from around the pillar and try to lift it out.Rescuers were softening and removing mud and water to reduce pressure around the pillar before trying to lift it up.
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