Tragic Well Rescue: Parents of Moroccan Boy Rayan Expecting New Baby

Rayan’s father, Khalid Agoram, said in a television interview with local media that his wife, Wassima, is five months pregnant. The parents of the little boy were present throughout the rescue operation that lasted five days.

To read: Rescuers Race to Save 5-Year-Old Boy Trapped in Deep Moroccan Well

Accidentally fallen on February 1 into a dry and narrow well 32 meters deep, near his family’s residence in Ighrane, Rayan was finally extracted on Saturday by the rescuers who dug a parallel hole to the well using bulldozers, and then a horizontal breach by hand, for fear of a collapse, before reaching the child’s position in the well.

To read: Moroccan Boy Dies After 4-Day Rescue Effort to Save Him from Deep Well

Unfortunately, Rayan did not survive. His lifeless body was transported to the military hospital in Rabat for the purposes of the autopsy to determine the cause of death. The royal cabinet announced the sad news a few hours later.

To read: Morocco Mourns 5-Year-Old Rayan as Village Prepares for Funeral After Well Tragedy

Little Rayan was buried on Monday in a cemetery near Ighrane, his native village, after the funeral prayer led by an imam, in the presence of the boy’s family members and several hundred people.