Picture Of The Day – Free At Last! Edition

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]