Beth called Owen's name and rushed over through the water.
"Owen, Owen, nothing can happen to you..."
Beth dug out Owen in the mud, but there was too much mud. As soon as she dug out a little bit, the mud from other places flowed over again.
Other people came over one after another, and everyone started to fish people out of the mud.
"Found him..."
A prisoner grabbed Owen's arm in the mud, but no matter how hard he pulled, he couldn't pull it out.
The mud is like a swamp, with a suction force.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way..."
Atal separated from the crowd and rushed over with a leather tube, which was unloaded from the car. After he tested that the connectivity of the leather tube was OK, he followed the arm in the mud to find Owen's head.
Put the leather tube into his mouth.
Atal can be said to be the calmest person in this group of people. Her move saved Owen's life. Otherwise, even if he was rescued after being bored in the mud for so long, he would definitely have suffered permanent injuries due to lack of oxygen in the brain.
trauma.
Owen's brain was clear, but because the mud was too heavy, he was trapped underneath. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't move. If it weren't for Atal's hose and the hose, he would really be doomed.
Suddenly breathing in the fresh air, Owen gasped for breath. He was quickly dug out by everyone and dragged aside.
By the way, everyone also rinsed him in the water. At least he no longer looked like a clay figure.
Who would have thought that just when he went to check, the mud would collapse and hit him by chance. Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly enough and he escaped death.
…
Outside the tunnel, another small explosion suddenly occurred and many cleanup workers were injured.
John McClane walked into the command room. He originally just wanted to take a look, but he heard people exclaiming: "There is an image, there is an image..."
Everyone moved towards the monitor, no one cared about McClane, and McClane also moved towards him. Several of the screens were lit up, but they were all silent. There was only one screen where there was activity, and it was not very clear.
.
But McClain still recognized the man inside as Owen at a glance.
"Why are there images again?"
A person who looked like a rescue team member asked, and another person next to him replied: "There seemed to be an explosion inside just now, and many of us who were cleaning up were injured. But it may be because of the explosion that the previously broken line was connected.
Although the signal is unstable, at least it has..."
McClain heard their conversation and confirmed that the person inside was Irving. He immediately separated from the crowd, walked over and picked up the microphone: "Irving, Steve Irwin, can you hear me?"
"Sir, what are you doing? Please get out..."
A staff member wanted to grab the microphone, but McClain pushed him away, "NPD, this person is my friend..."
McClain continued to call, but there was no response from Irving on the screen. The staff member next to him said: "It's useless. Only the image has been restored temporarily. He can't hear what you say..."
McClain put down the microphone unwillingly and continued to ask the man: "What's the situation now?"
The man controlled the camera to look left and right, and replied without looking back: "The surveillance was just turned on, I don't know the details..."
The camera panned back and forth twice, and the rescue team member pointed at the water channel on the screen: "The river water has begun to pour in, and it has reached the knee level. The New Jersey side must have collapsed, so the river water is blocked in the middle and has no place to go..."
At this time, two other rescue team members brought a model of the Lincoln Tunnel, and several rescue team members began to study the model.
"How about we blast in from this side?"
"No, that side is too fragile. The vibration of the explosion is likely to cause a large area of river water to flow back. Before we can enter, the river water will fill that place..."
"But no matter where we go in, we need to blast. If we just dig by hand, we won't be able to get in tomorrow morning. Now neither blasting nor digging by hand will work. Why don't they..."
/>The guy didn't finish speaking, but McClain knew what he meant. He looked at the model, suddenly pointed at a cylindrical thing on the side and asked: "What is this?"
The rescue team had already acquiesced to his existence, and one of them replied: "That was the place where workers rested during the construction of the tunnel, but it has not been used for decades and has long been sealed up."
McClain heard this and looked at that place thoughtfully.
…
In the tunnel, people knew that the water flow would continue to rise, and all the good mood before was gone. Nervous mood permeated the crowd, and Owen clapped his hands: "Don't be discouraged, everyone, look for a place to get out..."
The crowd spread out and searched everywhere. One person was responsible for an area, patting and beating, looking for any way out. Atal quietly came to Owen's side: "Is there really no way?"
Owen looked around, and then said quietly: "There is a solution. But it can't be used now?"
"What is it?"
Owen looked at him and remembered that he had saved him just now, so he said: "If you really can't find a way out, wait until the water is almost submerged. At that time, due to the large amount of water entering, the air in the tunnel will be compressed.
If we blast the top of the tunnel at this time, the air will push us out due to the gas explosion. However, this method is very dangerous. The gas explosion may push us out or directly kill us. If the air is not compressed enough, it may not be possible at all.
There will be no gas explosion, and the river water pouring in will submerge us..."
Atal nodded unsure whether this was a solution or not. It really couldn't be used until the last step.
Just as the two of them finished talking, Beth over there suddenly shouted excitedly: "Look, the surveillance camera is moving, it's moving~~~"
Everyone looked at it together, and then people started calling for help.
"Hello~~~"
"Save us~~~"
"We are saved~~"
There were calls for help all of a sudden, and people kept waving their arms at the surveillance camera. Owen also ran over with the sound of water rushing. The surveillance camera was indeed moving, which meant that people outside could see them.
…
temporary command post
The rescue team looked at the people on the screen who kept waving their arms at them, and felt heartbroken. The rescue team knew very well that they could not help them, and they had not come up with a foolproof method so far.
Any larger movement may cause a secondary collapse, and the river will flood there before they can rescue them.
In the picture, Owen is holding a tunnel phone and talking loudly, and the rescue team leader here is also holding a microphone and shouting loudly, but neither of them can hear the other's words.
The rescue team leader reluctantly left the microphone on the table and roared, as if he was blaming his own incompetence. They had no choice but to quietly watch the people being submerged in the water. In a sense, this was even more cruel.
"Tell me, where is it?"
McClain couldn't stand this, so he grabbed the camera controller and asked the rescue captain on the side.
"What?"
"I asked, where is the resting place for the workers?"