Trapped Russian miners found alive

Trapped Russian miners found alive

Most of the 13 survived six-day ordeal

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW, Oct. 29 — Rescue workers found alive most of the 13 Russian miners who had been trapped for six days, local media reported Wednesday. There were conflicting reports, however, as to whether any of them had died.

THE EKHO MOSKVY radio station said the men were found early Wednesday when drillers managed to break through to the pit area where the miners had sought refuge. The ITAR-Tass and Interfax news agencies carried similar reports, citing emergency officials.

Rescuers had tunneled through solid rock from an adjacent mine to reach the miners, who had been stranded by icy water.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/986418.asp?0cm=c10

What an awful ordeal for all of them to endure.

Thank you for posting!

Families are waiting for their loved ones to be brought to the surface. Here are the CNN and BBC reports:

SHAKHTY, Russia (CNN) -- At least 11 of the 13 miners trapped since last Thursday in a flooded coalmine in southern Russia have been found alive, Russian officials say.

Ambulances have pulled up next to the entrance to the mine's elevator and are waiting to treat the miners when they are brought to the surface.

Officials say one of the miners is confirmed to have died and another is still missing.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/28/russia.miners/index.html

Russian coal miners 'found alive'

Rescue workers have found alive most of the 13 miners who had been trapped deep underground for six days, Russian emergency officials have said.

The men were found on Wednesday morning, after rescuers managed to break through to the pitface where the miners had sought refuge in the flooded pit, the officials said.

Reports quoted some officials saying that 11 men had survived, while others said 12 had been found alive at the Zapadnaya coal mine in Novoshakhtinsk, southern Russia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3222297.stm

I hope they find the miner who is still missing.

:-(

I didn't think they'd make it....what a relief for their families.

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