Missing Polish coal miner found alive more than two days after an earthquake

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Published July 13, 2024 7:46 AM

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials say that a miner who was missing after an earthquake shook Poland’s Rydultowy coal mine has been found alive more than two days after the accident that killed one of his colleagues and injured 17 others. He has been airlifted to hospital. Regional authorities of the Silesia coal mining region said Saturday that the miner was conscious. Seventy-eight miners were in the area when a magnitude 3.1 tremor struck about 1,200 meters (4,000 feet) below the surface early Thursday. The tremor caused the ejection of rocks into the corridor at one spot, where the miner was found Saturday.

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