following aroused A Mauritanian child got stuck in a flood dam For more than 20 hours, with great sympathy on social media, President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazwani announced, on Sunday, the success of efforts to rescue him.
An army military plane was able to rescue the child, Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed, nicknamed “Shabo”, following he was stuck in a dam flooded in the city of Boumdeed in the east of the country.
For its part, the Mauritanian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the success of this operation was the result of preparation, coordination and round-the-clock follow-up of the efforts made by the authorities concerned with the rescue operation.
Story details
It is noteworthy that the story of the child began at around ten in the morning on Saturday, when he went with a group of his friends to the Boumdid Dam, where they usually swim.
When 11-year-old Shabu was swimming in the waters of the dam, torrents from the neighboring Tekan plateau surprised him and surrounded him from all sides, which made him seek help with a concrete rock, and he stood on it waiting for help.
The floods continued to flood the place for several hours, while the child was attached to the rock, according to local media.
Attempts failed
In addition, a number of citizens gathered around the place, some of whom tried to carry out attempts to save him, without result, while others were making calls and invitations to the young child to resist sleeping and cling to hope.
While his father was watching with the parents, his only son was trapped in the torrential rain, without being able to save him, pleading with him not to give in to fatigue.