Eight miners rescued from coal mine accident
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Eight">Eight</span> <span word="miners">miners</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="after">after</span> 16 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span> <span word="underground">underground</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="flooded">flooded</span> <span word="coal">coal</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p><p><span word="Rescuers">Rescuers</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clock">clock</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="missing">missing</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1,000 <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span>, <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nurses">nurses</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="shifts">shifts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="miners">miners</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="publicity">publicity</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Hunan">Hunan</span> <span word="province">province</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Leiyang">Leiyang</span> <span word="city">city</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="accident">accident</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Qielichong">Qielichong</span> <span word="Coal">Coal</span> <span word="Mine">Mine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sandu">Sandu</span> <span word="township">township</span>, <span word="Leiyang">Leiyang</span>, <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="sixteen">sixteen</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 40 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pit">pit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span>.</p><p><span word="Three">Three</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pit">pit</span> <span word="safely">safely</span> <span word="at">at</span> 1:42 <span word="am">am</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>. <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="Television">Television</span> <span word="footage">footage</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="miners">miners</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="thick">thick</span> <span word="cloth">cloth</span>, <span word="being">being</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="stretchers">stretchers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rushed">rushed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ambulances">ambulances</span> <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="site">site</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="by">by</span> 10:40 <span word="am">am</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="rescued">rescued</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="survivors">survivors</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="owner">owner</span>, <span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="Yaping">Yaping</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="placed">placed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="custody">custody</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="managers">managers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accident">accident</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span>, <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="delayed">delayed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="about">about</span> 12 <span word="hours">hours</span>, <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span> <span word="accident">accident</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="illegally">illegally</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="coal">coal</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> 13 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="June">June</span> 20, 2011. <span word="Four">Four</span> <span word="officials">officials</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Sandu">Sandu</span> <span word="Township">Township</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> <span word="chief">chief</span>, <span word="received">received</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dereliction">dereliction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="duty">duty</span>, <span word="corruption">corruption</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="offenses">offenses</span>.</p>
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