There are septic tanks that have gone so many years without maintenance that the waste at the bottom compacts until it becomes almost like stone.
No suction pump can move it. Only one option remains: someone has to go in, pour in water, and break up that hardened mass with their own hands.
It is work done while breathing methane and hydrogen sulfide, surrounded by bacteria capable of killing. The person who shared these photos summed it up this way: “I strive for those I love by doing whatever is necessary as long as it does not shame my conscience”.
Few images show so starkly how far a person can go to support their family.