Found in Mud: Korean Rescue Team Saves Chinese National Who Survived for 10 Days

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The Chinese survivor who was rescued by our rescue team in Nepal yesterday after 10 days has stated that there was one more person near his location inside the hydro power plant tunnel. The Korea Disaster Relief Team currently active on the ground plans to re-enter the tunnel to resume search and rescue operations.

Reporting by Kim Minpyo.

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Members of the Korea Disaster Relief Team discover a survivor inside a hydro power plant tunnel filled with mud.

[Korea Disaster Relief Team Member: Give me your belt, your belt. We found a survivor.]

This is footage of the rescue of a Chinese survivor yesterday at a point 225 meters inside the tunnel of the Upper Trishuli-1 hydroelectric power plant, which is being constructed by a South Korean company.

Lu Haitao, who was rescued 10 days after the massive flood, was airlifted to a hospital by military helicopter and is resting in stable condition.

[Lu Haitao / Chinese Survivor: I feel a little better, but sometimes I am dizzy and my head feels heavy.]

[Lim Pal-soon / Fire Inspector, National 119 Rescue Headquarters: The tunnel was very deep, with an open section extending about 250 to 300 meters. With a massive amount of rocks piled up, we had to pass through a very narrow space to penetrate all the way inside the tunnel to the end.]

The rescued Mr. Lu told the Korean team members that there was another person near where he was trapped inside the tunnel, though their survival is unknown.

Accordingly, the Korean rescue team plans to re-enter the tunnel alongside the Nepali military to conduct additional search and rescue operations.

They also decided to proceed together with the work of recovering two bodies discovered during the tunnel search yesterday.

Along with the tunnel search, the rescue team plans to search the powerhouse where power generation facilities such as turbines are located, as well as the Yellow Bridge area, which serves as a major passageway.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun, who arrived in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu last night, is scheduled to hold talks with the Foreign Minister of Nepal today.

(Video Editing: Park Choon-bae, Source: Korea Disaster Relief Team)
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