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The collapse about one kilometre down the mine on April 25, 2005, killed fellow miner Larry Knight, and left Todd Russell and Brant Webb trapped, presumed dead, until their voices could be heard days later. Rescuers took two weeks to reach them.

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00:00And here comes one of the lifts coming up now.
00:03We're not sure whether the two miners will be in this.
00:06Yes, listen to the cheer from the crowd as another lift comes up.
00:50Be mates, be at motion.
00:53The strength, these guys, they must be in incredibly good spirits both physically and mentally.
00:58They've walked out as though they had gone down and done a shift.
01:02Who would have thought that that shift began 14 nights ago?
01:06They went down for a 12-hour shift.
01:08These guys work 12 hours at a time, 12 hours on, 12 hours off.
01:12They do seven days on.
01:13Then they have five off, another seven days on and four off.
01:16And they look as though they have just gone down and done one shift.
01:57We'll see you next time.
01:58We'll see you next time.

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