Drilling machines help frantic search of trapped Spanish boy
Jan 18, 2019 | 5:15 AM
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MADRID — Heavy machinery has been brought in by rescuers in southern Spain who plan to drill vertical tunnels next to a deep borehole to reach a 2-year-old boy trapped there for five days.
“The terrain’s geology is complicated, and that’s slowing down the works,” said Angel Garcia, the leading engineer co-ordinating the search-and-rescue operation, on Friday.
Spaniards are holding their breath with every setback in the against-the-clock race to reach Julen Rosello, who fell into the 110-meter (360-foot) deep waterhole on Sunday.
Unable to go down the narrow shaft, rescuers used machinery first but found a blockage some two thirds of the way down and are now trying to drill alternative tunnels to reach the boy.
