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3 miners rescued after being trapped for 8 days

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-25 09:36

SHENMU, Shaanxi: Three coal mine workers were rescued early Sunday morning after being trapped underground for more than eight days in the Northwest Shaanxi province.

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Rescuers pulled up the three men to the ground from the pit of a coal mine in Shenmu County at about 3:30 am.

Medical staff immediately wrapped them up with thick coats and rushed them to the hospital.

Rescuers said the miners were in stable condition. Doctors were giving checkups to them.

The three men - team leader Wang Shibin and drivers Shi Xingrong and Zhang Meijun - had been stranded in the shaft of Yongxing Gaogzhuang Coal Mine since an accident in the colliery on October 17.

Among the 27 workers in the shaft at the time of the accident, 24 managed to escape.