River Dried Up After 60 Years, Then Workers See What’s Underneath

The only ones remaining

The navy-blouse man was gone, along with most of the SUVs. Two suited figures remained. And they were walking slow loops across the riverbed. But the riverbed itself was more interesting.

While they had been gone, more silt had been cleared away. And what was visible down there now was nothing like what they had left behind that afternoon.