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Antony Thrower

Footballer offers to buy home for family of boy who died after being trapped in well

A footballer saddened by the death of a young boy who had been trapped in a well has offered to buy his family a new home to “bring a little joy” to their lives.

Hundreds of rescuers worked tirelessly for five days to rescue Rayan Oram, five, who fell through the narrow opening of the well last Tuesday.

On Saturday the world held its breath as the team, some of whom had been digging with their hands, finally reached him and brought him to the surface.

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