On the evening of 25 April 2006, a rock fall in the Beaconsfield Gold Mine in northern Tasmania trapped two miners and killed a third. 14 days later the miners were freed and walked out of the lift to their waiting families and the world's attention. It made Todd Russell and Brant Webb household names, and Larry Knight remembered as the miner who died in the accident. At the time, the Australian media swarmed into town to cover what initially looked to be a recovery mission but five days into the process two miners heard Todd & Brant singing under the rubble and the process quickly turned into a rescue mission. The hope of a nation went … [Read more...]