Agadir \u2013 Rescue teams in southwestern Algeria are racing against time to save 10-year-old Ayoub Mohamed Fayid, who fell into an 80-meter-deep well and has remained trapped for four days.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred in the village in El Ghassoul municipality in El Bayadh Province, when Ayoub fell through a wooden board covering the opening of the well.<\/p>\n
According to local reports, the boy had been returning home after taking lunch to his older brother, who was tending sheep, when the board gave way beneath him.<\/p>\n
The well is a traditionally dug, dry artesian well measuring only about 40 centimeters in diameter. Its narrow structure, lack of protective casing, and unstable surrounding soil have made a direct rescue extremely difficult.<\/p>\n
Authorities have mobilized<\/a> extensive human and material resources as the operation continues without interruption.<\/p>\n The incident has also drawn widespread attention across Algeria, with social media users closely following developments and calling for Ayoub\u2019s safe rescue.<\/p>\n Memories of Morocco\u2019s Rayan<\/p>\n The ongoing race to save Ayoub has brought back memories in Morocco and across the region of the tragic story of Rayan Awram, the five-year-old Moroccan boy who fell<\/a> into a 32-meter-deep well in Chefchaouen Province in 2022.<\/p>\n Rayan\u2019s rescue operation also lasted for days in difficult conditions, with rescuers facing unstable ground and rocks that made the final stage particularly dangerous.<\/p>\n