Ali El Jajaoui aHe appeared in a blue t-shirt and a black cap on his head to ask if he could help. A drilling specialist, he comes from Erfoud, in the south of Morocco, which is why he is called Ali Sahraoui, or “Ali of the desert”.
He is a volunteer. His job is to dig wells. And in Erfoud, at the gates of the Sahara, where water is a guarantee of survival, Ali’s is a job that almost gives off an aura of magic.
When the man learned of Rayan’s case, he made himself available to help rescuers. He set out from Erfoud, covering almost all of Morocco, from south to north, to share the secrets of the wells with the technicians who were already working at the accident site.
His was the idea of the connection tunnel between the crater and the point where Rayan had fallen. A strategy that allowed to avoid landslides and to be able to approach the minor who is still alive since last Tuesday.
When the bulldozers left, it was time for Ali to dig to the end with three other young men by hand. A job that took several hours, because Ali entered the crater on Friday, around 6:00 p.m. (local time), to leave on Saturday, once the operation was finished.
Applauded by the public every time he leaned out, to take a sip of water or to catch his breath, his photo went viral on social networks.
Those were difficult hours between Friday night and Saturday. The rock, the last obstacle between the peaks and the little one, could give way, dragging the crater wall over the pit and rescuers.
Until that moment, Rayan moved and talked on the radio with his father, although he was breathing heavily. Finally, he managed to be rescued alive, but the little boy could not bear the transfer to the hospital.
Source: Ambito
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