A Chinese man who was trapped and later rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal recounts the moment he was pulled to safety, saying he had largely lost hope before the rescue happened. He describes the experience and the point at which his situation changed as rescuers reached him.

The reports include accounts from his family in China. His sister says she receives a call about the rescue before the news becomes public, but she does not believe it at first. She later confirms the account as credible only after seeing a picture of her relative in media coverage. Different outlets focus on the survivor’s personal recollection and the family’s reaction to the first information about the rescue, while agreeing on the core event: a rescue from a Nepal hydropower tunnel involving a Chinese survivor.