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HERE ARE SOME OTHER AMAZING RESCUES THAT ENDED HAPPILY DESPITE ENORMOUS OBSTACLES

FRENCH CAVE, 1999 On November 22, 1999, rescuers reached seven men trapped in a cave in France for 10 days. The experienced cavers were trapped at Vitarelles when storms led to flooding, cutting them off exits.

RUSSIAN SUBMARINE, 2005 The seven- man crew of a Russian Priz mini- submarine were running out of air after three days trapped under water when they were finally rescued.

CHILEAN MINERS, 2010 33 men were trapped in a Chilean mine 600 metres underground after a rock collapse on August 5, 2010. The men had been virtually given up for dead but rescued after 70 days

GERMAN CAVE, 2014 More than 700 emergency personnel worked to rescue Johann Westhauser after he sustained a serious head injury deep inside a German cave on June 8, 2014. The 52- year- old was with two others when a rockfall caused the head injury. He was hauled out on a stretcher after 11 days.

MINERS IN PERU, 2012 Nine miners, including a father and son, spent seven days trapped underground after a cave- in in southern Peru on April 7, 2012. Rescuers led the men wearing dark glasses to protect their eyes from sunlight.