Miner rescued alive after spending nearly 2 weeks trapped underground in flooded area

A miner successful Mexico was saved successful an "astonishing rescue" aft spending astir 2 weeks trapped underground, officials said. 

A dam breach caused by a structural nonaccomplishment flooded the El Rosario excavation successful the bluish Mexican authorities of Sinaloa connected March 25, trapping Francisco Zapata Nájera and 3 co-workers. Zapata Nájera was located on Tuesday by divers, but the rescue teams were incapable to scope him done heavy flooded areas until 21 hours later. 

"The exceptional members of the Mexican Army's Emergency Response Battalion, on with the religion and resilience of a miner, made this astonishing rescue imaginable after 13 days," Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote connected X. "I'm certain that each Mexicans, each 1 of us, clasp you successful our hearts." 

Of the 25 miners contiguous during the accident, 21 escaped immediately. Five days later, rescuers pulled 1 subsister from a extent of 985 feet.

AMERICAN SKIERS RESCUED AFTER GETTING LOST NEAR OLYMPIC VENUE IN THE ITALIAN ALPS

Rescue teams transport miner Francisco Zapata Najera aft rescuing him during a hunt for 4 miners pursuing a illness astatine a excavation successful El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico, connected April 8, 2026. (Stringer/Reuters)

Sheinbaum confirmed that different miner has been recovered dormant and 1 much is inactive missing. 

In a video released Wednesday, clapping could beryllium heard from a assemblage that gathered arsenic Zapata Nájera was removed from the mine, seeing daylight for the archetypal clip this month. 

CREWS RESCUE TEEN FROM 50-FOOT DEEP CALIFORNIA MINESHAFT

Rescue teams transport miner Francisco Zapata Najera connected a stretcher pursuing his rescue connected April 8, 2026. (Stringer/Reuters)

His information was stabilized and helium was sent successful a Mexican Air Force chopper to a infirmary successful Mazatlán, wherever helium volition beryllium treated by specialists, officials said. 

Mexico's deadliest mining mishap took spot successful February 2006 astatine the Pasta de Conchos excavation successful Coahuila, wherever an detonation killed 65 workers.

Rescue teams are seen leaving the El Rosario excavation connected Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Stringer/Reuters)

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In August 2022, 10 miners died erstwhile the El Pinabete coal excavation successful Coahuila flooded. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.