Eingeschlossen in 1000 m Teufe
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Hallo,
eine großartige Untertage-Rettungsgeschichte läuft grade in Tasmanien (Australien). Dort sind zwei Goldbergwerkarbeiter seit 9 Tagen in 1000 Metern Tiefe in der Mine eingechlossen. Ein Einsturz hat Ihnen den Rückweg abgeschnitten. Man hat sie inzwischen gefunden, Kontakt hergestellt und ist dabei, einen Rettungs-Tunnel zu graben.
Das Medienintersse ist sehr groß, der unten stehende Artikel beschreibt dies auf sehr schöne Weise und zeigt auch die Auswüchse des Ganzen (z.B. den in Fachkreisen tatsächlich so genannten "Scheckbuchjournalismus" und das "Witwenschütteln")
Gruß und viel Spaß beim lesen
Ali
Big media deals await trapped Australian miners
05 May 2006 05:36:49 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Michael Perry
SYDNEY, May 5 (Reuters) - Australian rescuers struggled on Friday to cut through solid rock a kilometre underground to free two gold miners trapped for nine days, while above ground media groups scrambled to secure rights to their survival story.
Media executives and agents are reportedly jockeying for exclusives once the men are freed, with talk of A$250,000 ($192,000) being paid for an interview. A combined magazine, television, book and movie deal could fetch up to A$2 million, said The Australian newspaper's Media and Marketing section.
Rescuers said progress was slower than expected in widening a small tunnel big enough for the men to crawl through. They had hoped to complete the 16 metre (52 ft) rescue tunnel within 48 hours, freeing the men possibly by Saturday.
"The rock going is very tough. The expression one of our members used is that it's a bit like trying to drill through a goat's head," Australian Workers Union national secretary Bill Shorten told reporters on Friday.
The two miners were trapped inside a small wire work cage on April 25 when a tremor sent tonnes of rock crashing down. A third miner was killed in the cave-in at the Beaconsfield gold mine on the southern island of Tasmania.
Brant Webb, 37, and Todd Russell, 34, were found alive last Sunday. A huge slab of rock landed on the cage they were working in, protecting them from falling rock.
A special tunnelling machine, which grinds through rock and is much safer than blasting or drilling, is digging to free the miners. It can only operate at about half speed for fear of creating vibrations and another cave-in and had carved out about five metres (15 feet) by Friday.
Food and fresh water has been delivered to the men through a 10-cm (four inch) plastic pipe, along with fresh clothes, a digital camera, magazines and two iPod players.
They have exchanged notes with their worried families above ground and paramedics do 12-hour shifts underground talking to the miners to try to keep their spirits up.
THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF DRILLING
The miners are using the digital camera to direct digging. The rescue tunnel is being dug just below the men, with the final crust of rock likely to be broken with hand equipment.
The iPods, one with country and western music and the other rock 'n roll, allows both men the feeling of having their own space within their cramped cage.
Yet the thing they like the most is the dull sound of drilling. "The drilling is their friend," paramedic Greg Edsall told reporters.
Rescuers say the men have been able to sleep and are managing small movements in their limbs to try to fight off the effects of muscle wastage from being confined for so long.
Russell and Webb are reportedly hoping to walk out of their tomb when rescued. "It's a pride thing," an unnamed workmate in the close-knit mining town told local media.
Understandably the miners are becoming frustrated with the slow rescue progress, said paramedic Karen Pendrey.
"When we go down, we make a bit of a joke and say 'oh look, we've to fight our way through all the media to get down to you'...and they find that quite amusing," she said.
Above ground a media village has formed in sleepy Beaconsfield, with satellite communication trucks and mobile homes cramming the mine's carpark. All Australian television news anchors broadcast live from the mine site.
The homes of the trapped miners have become besieged fortresses, with one report of a journalist scaling the fence and offering Webb's wife a cheque for her story, while other reporters scour local hotels with chequebook in hand.
Rescuers' bags are searched before they go underground after reports of money being offered to secretly film the rescue.
eine großartige Untertage-Rettungsgeschichte läuft grade in Tasmanien (Australien). Dort sind zwei Goldbergwerkarbeiter seit 9 Tagen in 1000 Metern Tiefe in der Mine eingechlossen. Ein Einsturz hat Ihnen den Rückweg abgeschnitten. Man hat sie inzwischen gefunden, Kontakt hergestellt und ist dabei, einen Rettungs-Tunnel zu graben.
Das Medienintersse ist sehr groß, der unten stehende Artikel beschreibt dies auf sehr schöne Weise und zeigt auch die Auswüchse des Ganzen (z.B. den in Fachkreisen tatsächlich so genannten "Scheckbuchjournalismus" und das "Witwenschütteln")
Gruß und viel Spaß beim lesen
Ali
Big media deals await trapped Australian miners
05 May 2006 05:36:49 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Michael Perry
SYDNEY, May 5 (Reuters) - Australian rescuers struggled on Friday to cut through solid rock a kilometre underground to free two gold miners trapped for nine days, while above ground media groups scrambled to secure rights to their survival story.
Media executives and agents are reportedly jockeying for exclusives once the men are freed, with talk of A$250,000 ($192,000) being paid for an interview. A combined magazine, television, book and movie deal could fetch up to A$2 million, said The Australian newspaper's Media and Marketing section.
Rescuers said progress was slower than expected in widening a small tunnel big enough for the men to crawl through. They had hoped to complete the 16 metre (52 ft) rescue tunnel within 48 hours, freeing the men possibly by Saturday.
"The rock going is very tough. The expression one of our members used is that it's a bit like trying to drill through a goat's head," Australian Workers Union national secretary Bill Shorten told reporters on Friday.
The two miners were trapped inside a small wire work cage on April 25 when a tremor sent tonnes of rock crashing down. A third miner was killed in the cave-in at the Beaconsfield gold mine on the southern island of Tasmania.
Brant Webb, 37, and Todd Russell, 34, were found alive last Sunday. A huge slab of rock landed on the cage they were working in, protecting them from falling rock.
A special tunnelling machine, which grinds through rock and is much safer than blasting or drilling, is digging to free the miners. It can only operate at about half speed for fear of creating vibrations and another cave-in and had carved out about five metres (15 feet) by Friday.
Food and fresh water has been delivered to the men through a 10-cm (four inch) plastic pipe, along with fresh clothes, a digital camera, magazines and two iPod players.
They have exchanged notes with their worried families above ground and paramedics do 12-hour shifts underground talking to the miners to try to keep their spirits up.
THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF DRILLING
The miners are using the digital camera to direct digging. The rescue tunnel is being dug just below the men, with the final crust of rock likely to be broken with hand equipment.
The iPods, one with country and western music and the other rock 'n roll, allows both men the feeling of having their own space within their cramped cage.
Yet the thing they like the most is the dull sound of drilling. "The drilling is their friend," paramedic Greg Edsall told reporters.
Rescuers say the men have been able to sleep and are managing small movements in their limbs to try to fight off the effects of muscle wastage from being confined for so long.
Russell and Webb are reportedly hoping to walk out of their tomb when rescued. "It's a pride thing," an unnamed workmate in the close-knit mining town told local media.
Understandably the miners are becoming frustrated with the slow rescue progress, said paramedic Karen Pendrey.
"When we go down, we make a bit of a joke and say 'oh look, we've to fight our way through all the media to get down to you'...and they find that quite amusing," she said.
Above ground a media village has formed in sleepy Beaconsfield, with satellite communication trucks and mobile homes cramming the mine's carpark. All Australian television news anchors broadcast live from the mine site.
The homes of the trapped miners have become besieged fortresses, with one report of a journalist scaling the fence and offering Webb's wife a cheque for her story, while other reporters scour local hotels with chequebook in hand.
Rescuers' bags are searched before they go underground after reports of money being offered to secretly film the rescue.