Missing Miners are alive
 

Todd Russell and Brant Webb have been found alive

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...4/s1627094.htm

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hopefully this is true, and not a premature announcement like in America earlier this year

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Watched Sky news about 15minutes ago and the Mayor said that the rescue team had spoken to them but it was going to be quite difficult to get them out. Hope all goes well.

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Fantastic, brilliant!!

There is communication between the rescuers and the trapped miners, bloody great!!!

Just got to get them up now.

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just heard on the news :):) great news for the whole community down there :D :beer:

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I heard earlier that they are still half the way!!!!
then an hour after i heard they found them!!!!!

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Not heard much coverage over here, but apparently they hope to get them out tomorrow. Really hope so.

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One wants steak, chips and eggs

The other wants to go through McDonalds drive through with the lights flashing.

Both obviously suffering and not thinking straight.

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LOL thats good to hear :)

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And a good old shag.

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latest news (1:30am brisbane time) is that it could take at least another 6-8 hours as the last bit of rock they need to break through is not porus and will take longer than they first throught.

the 2 guys are planning to walk out but with 11/12 days of not being able to stand up their legs might not take it.

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Hope they are okay what an ordeal for them

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7.30am and the poor buggers still aint out....news is coming on at 8 so will keep ya posted

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Just watched sky news for the press conference. The rock is harder than expected (like trying to chip 1.6m solid rock with a carving knife), and it will be several hours yet. Media asked if they would be out today, answer was that although that's what everyone is hoping for, they cannot promise that as they seem to run into an obstacle after another. The rock was expected to be 5 times harder than cement but is apparently a lot harder than that.
Guys are ok, anxious but ok, after they are freed, they face nearly 40 minute drive in up from current location, up the lift, check ups with medicos and family reunion before they would be seen in public. Still hoping they can walk out by themselves but not sure if they can as low blood pressure alone can make them too dizzy to walk. The risk of DVT is also there. There will be taken to a hospital for at least 24 hrs for monitoring and medical checks, for psychological reasons they will be sharing a room and hospital has also put aside couple of rooms for the family to be able to be close by.

Gotta hand it to them, they have gone through something extraordinary, to be in a small cage sitting with 900m of solid rock on your neck for nearly two weeks, I don't know how they coped, or their families for that matter. Still, hoping for the best outcome, the mine has been warning many times now that this stage is actually the most dangerous one as they have no idea haw the rock and tunnels will behave as they dig their way through the floor.
Fingers crossed.

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Kust watched the latest update...they have started to blast the rock now, with small amounts of gunpowder....so heres hopeing that they get to them sooner rather than later. Channel 7 has a special prog at 11am