5 Tanzanian miners freed after 41 days trapped underground

• November 17, 2015

Five Tanzanian gold miners have been rescued after spending 41 trapped deep underground eating cockroaches and frogs to survive, the mining ministry and survivors said Tuesday.
The miners were among a group of around 20 that were in pit when a shaft they were working on collapsed on October 5.
While 14 escaped as the shaft collapsed, six were trapped. One of the miners died during the more than month-long incarceration underground.
The remaining five were rescued on Sunday and are reportedly in a serious condition in hospital.
“The miners were very weak,” Minister of Energy and Mines spokesperson Badra Masoud said, adding they had been trapped some 100m underground.
Survivors have described the horror of surviving in the darkness for over a month so deep underground, sheltering in a chamber where they had stored their tools, eating insects and sipping foul and muddy water to survive.