Rescuers free Australian gold miners

Hurray!

Rescuers have freed two Australian gold miners who had been trapped underground for two weeks after a cave-in that killed a co-worker, the mine’s manager said Tuesday.

Todd Russell, 35, and Brant Webb, 37, had been trapped in a steel cage since April 25, when a small earthquake triggered a rock fall in the Tasmanian gold mine where they worked. Rescuers had been working for more than a week to free them.