The Desperation of Waiting for the Inevitable News

Mavis Breslin, the wife of one of the lost souls, later said that, it was a stressful and never-ending waiting. Especially trained divers were then sent in to see if they could recover any of the bodies. They were forced back due to silt and debris which made the water far too murky to navigate in. Rescue teams then had the idea to suck out the floodwater using huge pumping systems while simultaneously pumping oxygen into the tunnel system. The next morning, even the Staunchers found their wells of hope were running dry.