Miner Buried for 9 Days Found Alive

A miner feared dead after massive landslides buried him and 10 others in a talc mine was rescued late Sunday. Austrian television interrupted its regular programming as Georg Hainzl, 24, was hoisted by cables from the 200-foot-deep eating area where he was trapped by a mudslide during heavy rains July 17. A second, larger mudslide buried 10 others who had been sent to rescue him in the town of Lassing. There was no word on the 10 others. The mudslides left a crater 165 feet deep and about 500 feet in diameter. Several houses in the small mountain community tumbled into the pit.