Two for the price of one lunar diaries

Author's note: The goal of the series is to present life on the moon, with its ups and its downs. Life is still life, whether it's here or on a distant planet, and humans will still struggle with many of the same challenges. This post does contain themes that may not be suitable for young children.

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January 25, 2074
Dear Diary,
Thomas is late for his shift. On another, hopefully unrelated, note, someone opened an emergency escape hatch. They did it at the exact same time that the shift overview and turnover was being done, so we didn't notice immediately. Those hatches lead to a tunnel with rungs to climb up to the surface, but the tunnels have very little oxygen! If whoever opened the hatch is inside, they are in grave danger. If they have opened the air-tight escape door at the top, they're in even greater danger. A team is suiting up to go into the hatch now; they said none of the emergency space suits is missing. Hoping for the best.
~Cheung

Dear Diary,
What a difficult day! Thomas climbed up to the surface; the rescuers found his body, and brought him back to the doctors, but there was nothing they could do. This tragedy has shocked everyone. Thomas was a wonderful, kind man; to lose him like this will be hard on everyone. Others will make up for his shifts; but all of us are like a family here, and losing a member of that family is very painful. We'll be busy here in counseling; taking it especially hard is the student I had assigned to check in on him every day. I told her not to blame herself, but she will need more help than that in the coming days. Must be going; have a lot of work ahead of me.
~Tara