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Todd Russell, one of two men who miraculously survived an underground mine collapse in Tasmania more than 20 years ago has died. Barry Easther was West Tamar mayor at the time of the collapse he remembers crying tears of joy when he saw Todd Russell and Brant Webb walk out of the mine, after 14 days.

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00:02Those days are quite vivid in my memory.
00:05I just couldn't get over the reporters and people who were there.
00:12And at the end of the day, when they were safely rescued,
00:17it was such a wonderful opportunity for the community
00:21to welcome the boys back on the surface.
00:25It was just an amazing rescue.
00:29How the boys controlled themselves so well underground
00:34was just absolutely amazing.
00:36But so was the efforts by all of those involved with the rescue.
00:42And the town was alive with joy when they came to the surface.
00:49What I saw was quite blurry, actually,
00:51because I was in tears of joy that they had been successfully rescued.
00:57And to see them in the arms of their loved ones, their families,
01:02it was just a wonderful, wonderful scene.
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