Vietnam rescuers attempt to save boy, 10, trapped in concrete pile | World News

Vietnam on Tuesday mobilised troopers and engineering specialists to strive free a 10-year-old boy trapped in a buried hole concrete pillar on a building website.

Rescuers hope to boost the pillar from its 35-metre-deep (115-feet) gap and minimize the boy, named Thai Ly Hao Nam, out -- although after three days trapped inside, it isn't clear whether or not he's nonetheless alive.

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The teenager fell into the 25-centimetre (12-inch) extensive shaft of the pillar, sunk as a part of a brand new bridge in Mekong delta province of Dong Thap, on Saturday, apparently whereas on the lookout for scrap metallic.

A wider 19-metre-long metallic pipe has been lowered across the concrete tube during which Nam is trapped to permit them to take away mud from across the pillar and attempt to raise it out.

Rescuers had been softening and eradicating mud and water to scale back stress across the pillar earlier than bringing it up -- almost certainly afterward Tuesday night.

Round 100 troopers and professional gear have been deployed on the website, which has been sealed off from the general public whereas the rescue effort goes on.

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"The boy has been trapped contained in the small pillar for 4 days, with assumption of a number of accidents. Hope for him to be alive is restricted," stated Doan Tan Buu, deputy chairman of the Dong Thap provincial folks's committee.

Two days of rescue efforts have to date had no success.

"We had tried our greatest to rescue the boy utilizing on-the-spot measures and gear," stated Buu.

"We later needed to report and requested for assist from nationwide ranges and other people with experience," Buu was quoted by state-controlled Tuoi Tre newspaper.