For tunnel expert Dix, ‘seemingly Impossible’ is no reason to stop
Summary
Tunnel expert Arnold Dix has urged rescuers in Nepal to stay disciplined and compassionate as multiple rescue operations unfold after the Bhotekoshi flood. Drawing on the Silkyara tunnel rescue, he said seemingly impossible situations can still end in survival through collective effort.
Key Points
- Arnold Dix said Nepal is facing several potential rescue operations at once, making the situation unusually complex and uncertain.
- He stressed that hope should be turned into discipline, compassion into action, and duty placed above certainty of results.
- Dix cited the Silkyara tunnel rescue in India as an example of how something that appears impossible can still succeed.
- He said rescue work should be judged not only by lives saved, but also by the lives rescuers refused to abandon.
