Global Tunnelling Outcomes Division Issues Formal Memorandum Confirming That Two Workers Who Were Inside A Mountain Are No Longer Inside The Mountain, Describes Transition As 'Net Positive From A Location Standpoint'

KATHMANDU — The Global Tunnelling Outcomes Division (GTOD), in partnership with the Office of Human and Humanity Affairs (OHHA) and the Interagency Working Group on People Being in Rocks, has released a formal all-hands communiqué confirming that two workers previously embedded within the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel are no longer embedded within the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel.

'This is a triumph,' read the opening line of the eleven-page document, before clarifying across the subsequent ten-and-a-half pages that the triumph was 'specifically for humans, and also for humanity, which is the aggregate condition of humans being human in a collective and ongoing sense.'

The communiqué, which was distributed to all stakeholders with the subject line 'IMPORTANT: Please Action Re: Workers / Tunnel / Status Update (Positive Direction — Do Not Panic),' urged recipients to 'take a moment to acknowledge that individuals who were in a place are now in a different place, and that this difference in place represents meaningful organizational progress.'

Arnold Dix, an Australian engineer and geologist who was brought on as Chief Hope Liaison following his prior engagement at Ground Zero — a credential the communiqué references four times, once in a footnote describing him as 'a man familiar with the ground' — confirmed in a separate statement that the rescue 'gives us hope,' adding that he was prepared to elaborate on the nature of the hope should any stakeholders require clarification on what hope is and where it had previously been located.

'Hope is directional,' Dix noted in supplementary remarks appended to Annex C. 'It points forward. We believe forward remains the correct direction at this time. We have no updates suggesting forward has changed.'

The OHHA praised the rescue as 'a landmark moment in the humans-rescuing-humans vertical,' while cautioning that the findings should not be interpreted as confirmation that all future trapped workers will be untrapped, noting that such conclusions would be 'premature, and also not what the data says at this time.'

A brief was subsequently issued clarifying that the tunnel, which collapsed, had in fact collapsed prior to the rescue, and that the rescue occurred after the collapse and not before it. 'The sequencing,' the brief noted, 'is important and has been flagged for the record.'

The workers are reported to be alive, a finding the Division described as 'consistent with the rescue having gone well' and 'broadly what we were targeting from a vitals perspective.'

A follow-up all-hands is scheduled for Thursday to confirm that the workers remain outside the tunnel. Attendance is encouraged but not mandatory. Dial-in details to follow.