The Situation Is Becoming Frightening
An excavator’s engine can take 30 to 45 minutes to cool down and start working again, but this one had some underlying condition. One hour later, the engine was still dead, so another volunteer joined the repair effort.
Some men decided to continue digging manually, but the surrounding elephants had begun trumpeting in a frenzy. As the enormous creatures became more restless, the humans started to have doubts about their own safety. But for now, they continued with their work.