Nepal tunnel survivor tells of 10 days trapped after deadly flood
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Neutral summary
Hydropower worker Sanjay Sah, 30, survived for ten days inside a flooded tunnel in Nepal, drinking muddy water and praying for rescue before emergency teams pulled him to safety on September 4. He said that when he was rescued, his first question was how many days had passed, as he believed only a few had gone by. Sah is one of hundreds of hydropower project workers affected by the catastrophic landslide of August 26, triggered by the collapse of a glacier on the China-Nepal border. At least 1,386 people have died and more than 5,130 remain missing across Nepal.
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The New York Times (outlet profile)
Along Himalayan Floods’ Path, Wiped Out Towns and Mounting Grief. Survivors tell the stories of the people and places buried under the mud after a disaster in Nepal.
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France 24 (outlet profile)
'Second life': Nepal tunnel survivor recalls ordeal. For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately pra…
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RTÉ News (outlet profile)
'Second life' - Nepal tunnel survivor recalls ordeal. For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately pr…
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Channel NewsAsia (outlet profile)
'Second life': Nepal tunnel survivor recalls ordeal. Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah's survival was a rare ray of hope after a disaster that killed at least 1,429 people and left more than 5,640 missing.
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Asharq Al-Awsat (outlet profile)
'Second Life': Nepal Tunnel Survivor Recalls Ordeal
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Le Parisien (outlet profile)
« Je n’avais que ça » : piégé par la crue, un Népalais a survécu pendant dix jours dans un tunnel en buvant de l’eau boueuse
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20 Minutes (outlet profile)
Népal : Un miraculé survit dix jours sous terre en buvant de l’eau boueuse dans un tunnel inondé. Un Népalais de 30 ans a survécu dans l’obscurité totale d’un tunnel inondé par la crue meurtrière qui a frappé le pays le…
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Libération (outlet profile)
«C’est comme si l’on m’avait offert une seconde vie» : un miraculé du Népal raconte sa survie dans un tunnel, en buvant de «l’eau boueuse». Pendant dix jours, Sanjay Sah, 30 ans, a survécu dans l’obscurité totale d’un t…
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South China Morning Post (outlet profile)
Nepal flood survivor says rescue efforts must continue. For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately…
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BFMTV (outlet profile)
"Comme si on m'avait offert une seconde vie": au Népal, un rescapé raconte comment il a survécu en buvant de l'eau boueuse pendant dix jours dans un tunnel après la crue. Sanjay Sah, un ouvrier dans le secteur hydroélec…
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O Globo (outlet profile)
'Tive uma segunda chance de vida', conta sobrevivente que ficou 10 dias preso em túnel inundado no Nepal. Durante dez dias, o trabalhador nepalês do setor hidrelétrico Sanjay Sah sobreviveu no escuro, dentro de um túnel…
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The Japan Times (outlet profile)
Nepal tunnel survivor finds solace in village homecoming. At least 1,386 people have died and 5,130 are still missing across Nepal weeks after a Himalayan glacier collapsed near the Chinese border.
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El Economista (outlet profile)
“Tuve una segunda oportunidad de vida”: sobrevivió 10 días atrapado en un túnel en Nepal. Sanjay Sah permaneció atrapado en la oscuridad, bebió agua con lodo y perdió la noción del tiempo hasta que los rescatistas logra…
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Channel NewsAsia (outlet profile)
‘Needle in a haystack’: The race to detect danger across the Himalayas. The deadly Aug 26 disaster in Nepal shows how a warming Hindu Kush Himalaya is creating complex, cascading hazards that scientists are racing to un…
Factual core
- Sanjay Sah drank muddy water to survive during his ten days trapped in the tunnel.
- The deadly disaster in Nepal occurred on August 26.
- Sanjay Sah described his survival as being given a second life.
- The tunnel collapse occurred in Nepal, trapping the worker underground.
- The disaster in Nepal is linked to a warming Hindu Kush Himalaya region.
- The worker's ordeal lasted for an unspecified period of time before rescue.