"The miners' survival chances were slim due to the scale of the landslide, " it quoted one rescue worker as saying.
One which, says rescue worker Kahlid Kange(ph), gave everyone digging at the site a terrifying jolt and brought down half a building overlooking it.
Mr. KAHLID KANGE (Rescue Worker): (Unintelligible) a huge (unintelligible).
Turning to a positive news on the web, police and netizens have come to the rescue of a migrant worker in Shanghai after the family's hard-earned savings blew out of his pocket while he was riding a motorbike and were looted by unknown people.
Rescue workers cut off the garment worker's mangled right hand to pull her free from the debris Thursday night.
The official report into the crash, published earlier this year, praised the bravery of a farm worker who went to the rescue.
In October, 2010, a DEVGRU team attempted to rescue Linda Norgrove, a Scottish aid worker who had been kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan by the Taliban.
They are expected to discuss the strategic defence review and the death of kidnapped British aid worker Linda Norgrove during a US rescue attempt.
Subsequently, she plummeted a few feet down onto the subway tracks, only to be saved by a station worker who fearlessly hopped down to rescue her SMS-focused mind (and body, too) as the oncoming train screeched to a halt just 20 meters before running her over.
ENGADGET: Woman plummets onto subway tracks while carelessly texting
The following year, a French aid worker, 78-year old Michel Germaneau, was killed as French commandos tried to rescue him.
应用推荐