Man Buried Alive Saved by Hat

Great... what a triumph of mental power.

Very lucky and disciplined man. I have to wonder if his supervisors were 'smacked' for not shoring up or supporting the walls of the ditch. Probably not.

Incredible mental discipline and toughness.

I might be slightly skeptical, but I don't think I'm alone. Here's an opinion I just found;

"Read the story and look at the photos. It took two hours to dig him out, but his head would have been uncovered much earlier than that. "

It's still amazing that he lived with that pressure on his chest, though slightly deceptive to put this down to a hat-full of air and meditation. His personal fortitude probably was a major part in his survival, but it should be more newsworthy that over 100,000 workers are reportedly killed by accident in China each year. That's a lot of 'unplanned events' in my view.

I agree. I imagine that the low costs for production of the goods/materials we get in the US are in part due to the low safety standards. 100,000 workers killed annually;others may think that a small price to pay for cheap goods. To me the loss of one life for such a cause as my own comfort is unacceptable. That's one reason I don't buy Chinese goods unless forced to due to a lack of goods produced here.

Yes, folks, they had nothing to dig with at that construction site, than their hands.

Personally I believe the story is just journalistic puffery = untrue.

The pressure on a person's chest during a "proper" cave-in, causes cardiac failure within a few minutes.

The ditch wall was behind him, so he probably was knocked forward, and had a space in front of himself, which included the air pocket, larger than reported, plus no chest compression.

After all, he was no terracotta soldier.

And yes, I do know about the massive "worker deaths count", not to mention dreadful injuries" amongst the workforce in China.

Kind Regards....

Re:- huge worker death count in China...
Check how many died building the Hoover dam.....................