Brant Webb, 37, and Todd Russell, 34, were freed from the mine's main lift shaft. They walked out smiling, seemingly in good spirits, and were reported to be in good health.
Webb and Russell were buried after a small earthquake April 25 trapped the safety cage they were working in under tons of rock in the Beaconsfield Gold Mine, Tasmania. Miner Larry Knight, 44, was killed in the cave-in. Webb and Russell survived because a huge slab of rock landed on their 16-square-foot cage, forming a protective layer that kept them from being crushed. For five days, they lived on a single cereal bar and water they licked from rocks, until rescue crews with heat sensors detected them April 30.