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  Oh this has crushed my heart tonight. That poor little boy.
context: It was starting to seem like the most likely scenario when they lost touch with him many hours ago. 
  Very tragic for his family and deeply sad for any innocent dying terrified and alone like that. I hope that at least he heard the crews with his family trying to help him. >
  
  I feel so awful for his parents and his whole family too. Such a terrible and tragic thing to happen. >
  
  Tragic story and this is just one reason (the most important) why piers should be filled the day they are drilled. 
  Also, it's a pier not a pillar. I was very confused by the articles title. >
  
  The text of the article repeatedly says pillar too? Where's the pier I'm confused. >
  
  Viet guy here, it's a hollow tube, which will be filled with concrete later I believe. >
  
  They just used the wrong word actually. Pillars are vertical and above ground. Piers are below ground and filled with concrete, generally to "socket" a building into bedrock. What they are showing in the article is a pier. >
  
  Terrible news.  35 meters and only a 25cm diameter? I can't imagine how he felt and how his parents are now. >
  
  He probably went in head first, assuming it wasn't very deep or he could get back out. Your lungs function when you're up right, when you're upside down the organs under your lungs press on your lungs and make it difficult to breathe.
  Whats more, if the diameter was only 25 cm, and the boy was 10, he was likely small for his age which is indicative of malnourishment. Add to the fact he was looking for scrap metal likely to help support the family...its all really sad.
  The child died scared, cold, alone, in the dark, and possible upside down. >
  
  
  when you're upside down the organs under your lungs press on your lungs and make it difficult to breathe.
  
  Flashbacks to nutty putty cave guy >
  
  Nope, not googling >
  
  Good call. Wish I hadn't. >
  
  very good call.  its one of those things you read that will randomly appear in your head when you are trying to sleep one night.   urgh. >
  
  I get that one and the 9/11 phone call guy. >
  
  Poor little guy. I am sorry this happened to you. >
  
  You sure? Profile doesn't jump out as anything crazy >
  
  What a fucking terrible way to die. I refuse to imagine... Ugh. >
  
  Poor kid. I wish I could give his parents a hug. >
  
  25cm is less than 10 inches. I can't even fathom how it's possible, but damn. That's awful. >
  
  You can, in theory, fit through any hole that your head can get into.
  That you can fit doesn't mean you won't get stuck, though, since your jaw, shoulders, and ribcage are all springy and flared in exactly the wrong way to go backwards. >
  
  Yeah, I can only assume he went in head first and wiggled his way in. But unless the cavity was wider past the entrance, hard to imagine making it 35 meters down. >
  
  He fell into it while walking across it >
  
  Poor kid.  At least he knew people were close by and trying to help him.  He wasn't alone, and that means a lot. >
  
  Holy crap that is sad. RIP little guy. Excuse me while I look at some puppies. >
  
  r/lookatmydog >
  
  It's really sad that the construction site had no fencing whatsoever. Totally preventable tragedy. Southeast Asia is like that though, not known for work safety standards. >
  
  Most construction sites have fencing. But if u want to get in, u will be able to get in. Security in general are very weak, and he deliberately went in there to search for scrap metals, so fencing won't help much in this case.
  With that said, while we still have to wait for official investigation, it is clear that the construction company was too careless. Hopefully this will force other companies to care more not only about their own employees' safety, but also civilians around the site. >
  
  Awful, awful news. That poor baby. >
  
  This is nightmare fuel. Poor kid. >
  
  So sad, poor boy. I feel so sorry for him and his family. >
  
  Horrifying. Poor kid and his family.