On a psychologist's advice, an iPod with their favourite music stored on it was also sent through the pipe to keep up their spirits. Yesterday, according to the local Mercury newspaper, they made an unsuccessful request for chips and gravy to be sent down but doctors would only agree to chicken and cheese bread rolls with some tinned fruit for dessert.
Omelettes and home-made soups were also dispatched through a device similar to a dumb waiter. The trapped men also joked about asking for the classified ads column from the local paper so that they could see what other jobs might be on offer. The bonhomie which characterised the rescue attempt was saluted by the Australian prime minister, John Howard. The Mercury reported that the prime minister had hailed the saga as "an example of Australian mateship".
The rescue team worked around the clock, using low-impact explosives, hydraulic rock splitters, hand-held drills and diamond-tipped chainsaws. They faced enormous problems in trying to drill their way in zigzag fashion through the rock without endangering the lives of the men as they tried to cut them a metre-wide escape tunnel in the 25 degree underground heat.
The two men had to help their rescuers by spreading grout over loose rocks to prevent collapses around them as the final push was made in an area where gold had been discovered in There was further drama when one of Australia's best-known journalists, Richard Carleton, collapsed and died during a press conference about the rescue attempts. Carleton, 62, of Nine Network's 60 Minutes programme, had just asked the mine manager about the company's safety record when he suffered a heart attack.
His report, which aired after his death, was critical of safety procedures at the mine. Journalists covering the rescue attempt found themselves suddenly reporting on the death of one of their colleagues, a man who had covered many of the major foreign stories of the past four decades and who had worked for ABC and the BBC in a long, award-strewn and sometimes controversial career.
Mr Howard described him as "a colourful bloke". Carleton had famously crossed swords with Bob Hawke, one of Mr Howard's predecessors. There are few more universal real life dramas than those involving people trapped below the ground or sea. The pair received thermal blankets, Sustagen, dry clothes and medicine. There was also a camera, which Webb used to capture some remarkable images - including their reactions after their first change of clothes.
A single piece of steel - 3m long and As Australia and the world waited, it was another torturous week before an escape tunnel finally reached the men and they walked free, smiling and pumping their fists in the air, on Tuesday, May 9. Dozens of workers failed to provide proof of their first inoculation to the mining giant. Best of shopping Premium Membership. New Zealand conservationists have released an adelie penguin back into the sea after the Antarctic-based bird swam thousands of kilometres to make a rare visit.
We chat to three climate scientists from the University of New South Wales about how they talk to their kids about the climate crisis. A Decrease font size. A Reset font size. A Increase font size. Seven years ago today, miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell escaped to the surface after 14 days trapped underground.
ON 9 MAY , Brant Webb and Todd Russell were freed from their underground cage, after spending two weeks trapped in the collapsed Beaconsfield goldmine, on the northern coast of Tasmania. Two weeks earlier on 25 April, an earthquake of approximately 2. Fourteen other miners who were underground at the time escaped unscathed. Following the collapse, the fate of the trapped pair remained unknown as the mine was secured and their families prepared themselves for the worst.
A tense two weeks at Beaconsfield goldmine Heat-sensing cameras were employed for five days after the quake, and on 30 April rescuers ventured deep into the unstable mine and found the two men — or at least heard them reply. They were alive, but partially buried in rubble. While the first rescuers retreated to a more stable location, communication was established via a microphone placed near to the rock pile the miners were trapped under.
Basic supplies such as water, blankets and glowsticks were delivered to the men on 1 May via a 12m plastic tube, followed by a slow supply of goods, such as music devices, a camera and food. For the next eight days the long pipe was their connection to the outside world.
Rescue attempts were hampered by fears of further rock falls, and rock five times harder than concrete made the rescue timeline unpredictable.
Kept up-to-date via a constant stream of reports from the media, many Australians sat on the edge of their seats as rescuers inched closer.
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