Two trapped miners rescued after their 10-day ordeal underground
By An Baijie in Beijing and Sun Ruisheng in Taiyuan | China Daily | Updated: 2013-10-09 07:16
Two miners trapped for 10 days in a flooded coal shaft in Shanxi province were pulled to safety on Tuesday.
Rescuers at the Zhengsheng Coal Mine returned the men to the surface at about 3 am.
Zhu Bangkui, 47, and 20-year-old Zhang Rongfei were taken to Fenyang People's Hospital, where doctors said the men were conscious and in a stable condition.
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