After 9 days, woman finds light at the end of tunnel

CHENGDU: A woman trapped in a tunnel was rescued nine days after the May 12 quake - and was the only survivor found yesterday.

Cui Changhui, 35, had been trapped in a water diversion tunnel at the hydropower plant construction site in Hongbai town in Shifang, Xinhua reported.

She was airlifted to a hospital with multiple fractures in her right arm, ribs and lower back, but doctor Pu Jinhui said her injuries were not life-threatening, according to the report.