(17 Jan 2019) The leading engineer in Spain's search, now on its fourth day, for a 2-year-old boy trapped in a deep, narrow borehole says rescuers are rushing to finish in days massive digging work that usually takes months.
Efforts to rescue Julen Rosello from the 110-meter (360-foot) deep, 25 centimeter-diameter (10-inch) borehole in Totalan, Malaga province, have gripped Spain since the boy reportedly fell into the waterhole on Sunday.
Adults don't fit through the shaft and machinery has hit an obstruction of strong material about two thirds down the vertical hole.
Angel Garcia of the Malaga province civil engineers' association told reporters on Thursday that workers' priority is now to dig two parallel vertical tunnels after experiencing complications.
That plan came up after a horisontal hole bored in the past 24 hours from a hillside hit heavy stone.
Garcia said that the difficulties are "enormous" as the search and rescue crews lacked prior knowledge of the particular terrain, and have experienced challenges with variations in soil and material.

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