Australian miners trapped 14 days underground rescued
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-05-09 09:21
Australian miner Brant Webb (R) waves while his wife Rachel looks on as he
arrives at Launceston Hospital after being rescued with fellow miner Todd
Russell from the Beaconsfield Gold Mine in Tasmania, Australia May 9, 2006.
Russell and Webb were trapped a kilometre (0.62 miles) underground for 14 days
and walked out of the mine on Tuesday defiantly thrusting their arms into the
air after rescuers reached them shortly before dawn. [Reuters]
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