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Miner rescued after being trapped 11 days

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-06-14 13:40

TAIYUAN - A miner was rescued Monday after being trapped for almost 11 days in a flooded coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province, rescuers said.

Wang Daoguang, 42, had been trapped underground for 262 hours before he was lifted out of the pit at Jiaonan Coal Mine in Jincheng city at 3:39 a.m. Monday, said a spokesperson with the rescue headquarters.

Wang, though apparently weak, was able to talk when he was found by rescuers and has been rushed to hospital, the spokesperson said.

The coal mine was flooded at 5 a.m. on June 3, and 11 miners were trapped. Of them, Six were rescued on June 6 and four were confirmed dead.