We found a sledgehammer, and for a long time, we took turns pounding away.

I’d just like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers, and I think that’s it.

We took turns pounding away… as hard as we could.

What I believe is that the people who are there for you tend to create a world where you can get better. It’s love, really.

I thank God, mostly. Because of him, I am here.

As my trapped co-workers lost consciousness one by one, the room grew still and I continued to sit and wait, unable to do much else.

Some drifted off into what appeared to be a deep sleep, and one person sitting near me collapsed and fell off his bucket, not moving. It was clear that there was nothing I could do...

We were worried and afraid, but we began to accept our fate.

[He] reassured me that if it was our time to go, then God’s will would be fulfilled.