Nepali Foreman Rescued From Tunnel Says He Stayed Behind to Help Others
Sanjay Shah and another worker were the first rescued from hydropower tunnels, while officials said at least 900 people remain trapped.
- Sanjay Sah, a Nepali foreman, stayed behind during a mountain tunnel disaster to help others instead of fleeing.
- Sah was in the tunnel's control room, where approximately 40 to 45 workers were present during the accident, and he felt responsible for saving lives.
- He warned others to escape but could not leave himself as he was trapped for nine days in the dark tunnel.
- Sah was among the first survivors rescued from the hydropower project accident after being trapped in the tunnel.
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Yesterday's rescue of two Nepalese men from a flooded tunnel complex offers hope that more people can be saved ten days after the tidal wave. One of the men said he was in contact with other trapped colleagues underground. "We were in contact with some friends, we spoke to three or four people who were nearby," 30-year-old Sanjay Sah told rescue workers as he was pulled from the tunnel. "The tunnel is very long and perhaps people had to retreat…
Two people were rescued from tunnels flooded by a landslide and flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. One survivor said he was trapped because he was trying to warn as many colleagues as possible at the time of the disaster. More people may be waiting for rescue.
Sah, the mechanical foreman, and his supervisor, Maharjan, were miraculously rescued after being trapped for nine days in the Trisulli 3A hydroelectric power station tunnel in Nepal. Sah had missed his chance to escape nine days earlier by urging his colleagues to evacuate, and endured the darkness through prayer. The rescue operation is ongoing, with officials estimating that hundreds more remain trapped inside the tunnel.
Within nine days of darkness, mud and silence inside a tunnel in Nepal, Sanjay Sah held on to a phrase not to yield to fear: “Hare Krishna.” As the collapse blocked the exit of the Upper Trishuli 3A hydroelectric power plant, the worker turned that mantra into an intimate routine to sustain the wait until the rescuers achieved [...] The Nine-Day Entrance trapped in a tunnel in Nepal: what science says about the benefits of meditation that helped…
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