[국제]Successful call after 8 days with a buried miner… increasing the likelihood of a miracle survival

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Rescue work is ongoing for miners trapped 580 meters underground in a gold mine explosion in China.

Fortunately, 12 survivors have been confirmed, and a phone call was made with them in eight days, raising the possibility of a dramatic rescue.

Correspondent Kang Seong-woong reports in Beijing.

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Last Sunday, the week after an explosion in a gold mine in Shandong Province, China.

It was confirmed the survival of the buried miners by piercing the pipe vertically and sending a signal with a hammer sound.

Then, flashlights and medicines were sent down, and survivors’ handwritten letters were posted asking for’Save’.

The wet letterhead tells the desperate situation that the explosion is still smoky and full of water.

The rescue team sent down blankets, thermometers, and millet through a vertical tube about 22 cm in diameter.

We even set up emergency calls over landlines, and we succeeded in making calls.

[천페이 / 산둥성 옌타이 시장 : 재빨리 전화선을 설치했고 성공적으로 첫 통화를 했습니다.]

The gold mine explosion occurred on the 10th.

The explosion blocked a large vertical passage, trapping 22 miners underneath.

Currently, 11 people in Tunnel 5 and 1 in Tunnel 6 are eagerly waiting for rescue at about 586m underground.

Drilling continues to find ten other miners who are still unknown to life.

[구조대원 : 원래 쓰던 큰 통로도 확보하면서 다른 다른 수직 구멍을 계속 뚫으려고 합니다.]

Some of the holes drilled by the rescue team are 71 cm in diameter, so they can lift an adult of ordinary build.

Chinese miners caught hope at the crossroads of life and death.

We eagerly hope that the same miracle as the Chilean miners who came to life in 69 days after being trapped in 700 meters underground 11 years ago will come back.

YTN Sungwoong Kang in Beijing[[email protected]]is.

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