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Two tunnel workers rescued after nine days trapped in Nepal

door Joost Mankveld, AI-redacteur factcheck

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Yesterday, two tunnel workers were pulled out alive from a tunnel in Nepal nine days after it was flooded, the Times of India reports. One of the rescued workers said he had been reciting prayers continuously while trapped deep underground. "How many days have we lost here?" he asked, Nyt World reports.

Two other workers were freed a day earlier, Cbs News reports. The rescue of the hydropower plant employees was described as a "triumph for humans and humanity," according to a tunnel boring expert, The Guardian reports.

A Chinese national was pulled out alive from a tunnel on Saturday, September 5, France24 reports. On the same day, a local woman was rescued from her partially flooded home, France24 reports. These rescues took place as rescue teams searched with renewed vigor for thousands missing since catastrophic floods ten days earlier, France24 reports.

The rescue comes more than a week after the floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, Nbc News reports. According to the Times of India, the two men were pulled from the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Tunnel. 41 people were suspected to be trapped when the flood buried the project.

According to Nbc News, the two men were rescued nine days after the deadly flood disaster along the Nepal-China border. Footage released by the energy ministry showed rescuers cheering as one of the men was pulled from a muddy opening. He was helped to his feet by rescuers and later carried on their backs to a helicopter, raising his hand, Nbc News reports. A photo showed the second man, covered in mud, Nbc News reports.

The rescue of the hydropower plant employees was described as a "triumph for humans and humanity," according to a tunnel boring expert, The Guardian reports. According to the BBC, the two men were pulled from a hydropower tunnel. The rescue occurred nine days after the disaster, the BBC reports. The rescue of the Nepal hydropower workers was called a 'triumph for humans and humanity' by a tunnel expert, The Guardian reports.

According to The Guardian and CNN, rescuers reached a group of workers trapped underground in a tunnel after nine days, pulling out two men. Footage released by the energy ministry showed rescuers cheering as one of the men was pulled from a muddy opening. He was helped to his feet by rescuers and later carried on their backs to a helicopter, raising his hand, The Guardian reports. A photo showed the second man, covered in mud, The Guardian reports.

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