Rescuers race to save boy who fell into 115-foot shaft in Vietnam
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Hundreds of rescuers in Vietnam battled Monday to free a 10-year-old boy who fell into a 115-foot-deep hole at a construction site two days ago.
The boy, named Thai Ly Hao Nam, fell into the shaft of a hollow concrete pillar just 10 inches wide, sunk as part of a new bridge in southern Dong Thap province, apparently while looking for scrap metal, a rescuer told AFP by phone.
"We are trying our best. We cannot tell the boy's condition yet," the rescuer said, identifying himself only as Sau.
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