Australian miners trapped 14 days underground rescued (Reuters) Updated: 2006-05-09 09:21
Tasmanian miner Brant Webb waves from the back of an
ambulance after being rescued from the Beaconsfield gold mine in Beaconsfield,
Australia, May 9, 2006. Webb and Todd Russell, trapped a kilometre underground
for 14 days, 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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