13 years, 11 deaths, 1 big tunnel

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The Hsuehshan Tunnel will be the world's fifth longest, and its opening has been delayed numerous times by unfavorable geology and dangerous flooding and collapses.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/photo/2004/09/13/2003147930

At 2pm on May 11, 2001, after 11 hours of excavation in a dark tunnel, construction chief Lien Shan-chu (???) finally dug out his colleague Lin Tzu-yi's (???) body.

Lin died at 1am when he made his usual inspection visit to the tunnel. He was buried under rocks and mud from a sudden mudslide that had been touched off by sprouting groundwater.

Lin's curled torso and purple face was a painful sight etched in Lien's memory.

"He choked to death," Lien recalled in a flat voice. "His children are just in elementary school, but they already lost their father."

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/09/13/2003202703

I hung out near this tunnel.