Rescuers try to save boy trapped in concrete pile


Rescuers in Vietnam are desperately trying to free a 10-year-old boy two days after he fell into the narrow open shaft of a concrete pile at a construction site on New Year’s Eve.

Ly Hao Nam was heard crying for help shortly after he fell into the pile on Saturday morning, but rescuers received no response from him yesterday as they lowered a camera down to try to locate his position.

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