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SYDNEY - Two Australian miners who captured world attention by surviving for 14 days deep underground after a cave-in at a gold mine will commemorate their rescue in a rock song.
Todd Russell and Brant Webb and their wives will sing with an Australian rock band in a song called 321 Hours -- the length of time the men were trapped almost a kilometre underground at the Beaconsfield mine on the island state of Tasmania.
They will perform the song as part of an event marking the first anniversary of their rescue on May 9.
"It should be a great night and will give us a chance to thank the people for all their support over the last 12 months," Webb told the Australian Associated Press yesterday.
The band's website said the song is a tribute to the bravery and composure of the two men during the ordeal, and an insight into the emotions they might have experienced.
Russell and Webb were trapped in a small wire cage, under tonnes of rock, and survived by drinking mineral-laced water until rescuers managed to dig a small tunnel to feed them fresh water and food.
A third miner, Larry Knight, was killed in the cave-in.
The two survivors became celebrities after their ordeal and sold their story to a local television network and its affiliated magazines for a reported A$2.6 million ($2.9 million).
- REUTERS
