12 workers rescued after 85-hour tunnel ordeal

Source: Xinhua | April 5, 2014, Saturday |

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Twelve Chinese workers, trapped in a collapsed railway tunnel for more than 80 hours, were rescued today in northeast China's Jilin Province.

A high-speed rail tunnel under construction in Hunchun City collapsed at about 2 am on Wednesday when 12 workers were inside pouring concrete.

Rescuers made contact with the trapped workers and delivered food to them at 1:55 pm yesterday through a passage bored into the collapsed tunnel.

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