Descendants of the Sun

Chapter 22~THIRD-PERSON POV~A cloudy Friday in early September.

Today was the busiest day that no one could ever take a break, not even a minute. The medical team was still treating the wounded. The soldiers tried to find the survivors who were stuck in the collapsed buildings. Chi-yun were helping them to find the trapped survivors. She and Im Gwang-nam were looking inside of the collapsed site. He called out but no one inside answered.

Gwang-nam looked at the soldier, trying to listen a sound through his equipment in any moment, along Si-jin, Khalil and Fatima. He then looked at Chi-yun.

"I think I was wrong." He spoke.

Chi-yun still looked in the disastrous site, then stood up firm, because it was too dark there.

"No. If most of the afternoon crew working on the tower used the east stairway to escape, this should be the search point." Chi-yun spoke to Gwang-nam.

Dae-young and another Si-jin's comrade, Gong Cheol-ho, walked towards them.

"Si-jin, we've cut off the gas pipe." Dae-young called Si-jin.

"How's the situation over there?" Si-jin asked him.

Suddenly, Young-soo pulls the soldier out of his way.

"Well...that place is a hundred times better than over here. The building is practically intact. And the rubble blocking the entry is only half of what's here. Let's start with that side." Young-soo pointed at the collapsed building which seems a bit safer than the other one.

"We can't because of the falling rocks since it is still collapsing." Dae-young opposed.

"What falling rocks? It's only a few pebbles. If that scares you that much, how will you manage rescue operations? My goodness." Young-soo scoffed.

"After an earthquake, a standing is more dangerous. Even if it looks fine from the outside, the inside is unstable due to the shock from the strong earthquake." Dae-young spoke.

Young-soo refused to believe it; Dae-young picks a stick and hits against the metal part of the tower, making a loud bang. That causes Young-soo startle and nearly fell off from the zone. Chi-yun, Khalil and Fatima smirked like they giggled of Young-soo's funny reaction of the loud bang.

"Thus even a slight vibration from our equipment, can bring about secondary damage and cause more harm." Dae-young spoke.

"I hear it. Although it's faint, I can definitely hear the signal from the survivors." The soldier with the equipment spoke while he hears a faint sound.

"Prepare endoscope equipment and secure images of the inside." Si-jin ordered him.

"Yes, sir." The soldier agreed.

It's sure enough it's the impaled worker tapping a rock on a metal strut. He's losing strength, and Manager Go, who's still pinned under a giant slab of concrete, does his best to keep the man awake and responding. The soldiers, Chi-yun, Khalil, Fatima and Young-soo gathered around while the soldiers planned for a rescue to the survivors.

"Removing the pile of concrete from the collapsed ceiling, which is blocking the entry, is most crucial." Chi-yun pointed in the map of the power plant.

"The pulley won't be able to bear the weight. We need to drill through it." Gwang-nam spoke.

"Stop talking nonsense. This is a special reinforced concrete." Young-soo scoffed.

Chi-yun despises Young-soo's opposition.

"It will take more than two days to drill through concrete that thick. We need to find another way." Dae-young spoke.