Entrance to tunnel, Las Vegas, NV

When you’ve spent several years living underground, or out in the stark quiet of the desert, what it’s like to find yourself back in an apartment with cable TV and a fridge stocked with food? In State of the Re:Union’s Las Vegas episode, we explored the world beneath the casinos: a network of flood channels running under the city that have become home to a community of people. Transition back to “normal” life after living in the tunnels is no easy experience. But, as State of the Re:Union’s Senior Producer Tina Antolini shows us, they’re getting some outside help…

SOTRU Producer Tina Antolini interviews former desert-and-tunnel-dweller Tom Ortega, Las Vegas, NV

Tom Ortega shows off his now well-stocked fridge, Las Vegas, NV

Tags: las vegas, las vegas underground, shine a light

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