Rescuers fight to free trapped miners

Rescuers were drilling through rock today to reach two gold miners trapped underground.

Rescuers fight to free trapped miners

Rescuers were drilling through rock today to reach two gold miners trapped underground.

Brant Webb and Todd Russell, wedged inside the cramped cage that saved their lives and drinking rancid water dripping through rocks trapping them 3,000ft underground, wanted just one thing when rescuers in Tasmania, Australia, finally made contact: bacon and eggs.

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