How two men survived nine days in a Nepal flood tunnel
Rescuers used drilling and improvised digging to reach the men, who survived in an air pocket after a glacier collapse triggered floods and landslides.
- On Friday, the Nepal Army rescued two hydropower workers, Kabir Maharjan and Sanjay Sah, from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project after surviving nine days trapped beneath debris.
- A glacier collapse at Langtang Lirung on August 26 triggered a landslide that sent a wall of water through the Trishuli valley, submerging 12 hydropower projects and killing more than 1,300 people.
- Maharjan and Sah survived in an air-filled chamber; it took rescuers nearly six days to reach the tunnel's entrance, said Nepal Electricity Authority board member Amshu Kiran Shahi.
- This successful extraction provides hope to search teams; as of Monday, 121 workers remained missing in tunnel systems across the impacted valley.
- Both survivors were unable to stand when rescued, with Maharjan requiring a stretcher and Sah carried by rescuers, as they recover from nine days in darkness.
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Two men survive nine days in Nepal flood tunnel; miracle rescue unfolds
NUWAKOT/KATHMANDU/UPPER TRISHULI 3A HYDROPOWER STATION — A delirious Kabir Maharjan drifted in and out of consciousness in a pool of muddy water in complete darkness, trapped for nine days in a tunnel beneath the wreckage of Nepal's worst flood disaster in decades.
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Rescuers used drilling, blasting and heavy machinery to clear tunnels.Rain repeatedly refilled excavated sections with water, delaying rescue.Rescuers eventually detected noises from tunnel and located survivors.
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