Indian tunnel rescue halted for days as drilling machine breaks down

Rescue operations to save 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in India has stalled again as the drilling machine has broken down.

Rescuers have been beset by setbacks and delays as they struggle to drill through the 195 feet of heavy rock and debris that is separating them from the trapped workers. Rescue personnel have been in regular contact with the workers, and they have been able to send them oxygen, dry food and water. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.

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A U.S.-made auger machine was being used to penetrate horizontally through the mountainous terrain, but it broke down on Saturday and cannot be repaired. It is unclear what caused the machine to break.