
- Australian miners Todd Russell (foreground), and Brant Webb (obscured behind Russell), emerge from two weeks trapped in a gold mine 3,000 feet below ground at the Beaconsfield Gold Mine at Beaconsfield, Australia, The men were trapped when an magnitude 2.1 earthquake caused a cave-in in the mine shaft. Rescuers drilled through 45 feet of rock, the last part by hand, to reach the men.
2 Australian Miners Freed After 2 Weeks – [AP]
Fuck yeah!
Gotta’ love the unflappable Aussies.
Dude, good news in the news, for change.
Thanks!
Man. Two weeks.
Its been so long, I had forgotten about the story.