Photo: Social media A reporter for local outlet ChoufTV welled up with tears as he described the scene, and often expressed feeling a tightness in his chest as the tension mounted in anticipation of Rayan's appearance through the mouth of the tunnel.
In Morocco hundreds gathered at the well.
Rayans family pre-arranged couscous an exemplary Moroccan dish and took care of it to the social affair as spectators accumulated by the well.