A lot of factors made a Chinese national managed to survive 11 days after the deadly mudslide in Nepal, said head of Nepalese Army's Directorate General of Medical Services on Saturday.
The man named Lu Haitao was pulled alive from the hydropower facility hit by the Aug. 26 mudslide in a border area between Nepal and China earlier in the day.
Lu was rescued by the Nepali Army in coordination with a South Korean disaster response team, 11 days after the devastating mudslide struck the area.
He was airlifted by an army helicopter to a local hospital for further medical assessment and care.
Major General Bhandari, director general of the Nepalese Army's Directorate General of Medical Services, attributed Lu's survival to a combination of factors.
"A lot of factors, you see. One is the moral support, and another is where he was. As for him, he managed to find something to hang on the upper part of the tunnel. So that was one good thing. And probably he had that, he didn't lose his confidence. So that's how I think we managed to save him. And probably good health, strong health condition," he said.
Bhandari also said rescue efforts are continuing, with close coordination and smooth cooperation between Nepali and Chinese teams on the ground.
Multiple factors attributed to Chinese national's survival after 11 days of mudslide: health official
