A survivor is pulled out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after being trapped. Dozens remain missing

By TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI and NOEL SICHALWE
Associated Press

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Rescuers say a man has been pulled alive out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after dozens of informal miners were trapped under landslides caused by heavy rain. Zambia’s Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit said in a statement Wednesday the 49-year-old survivor was rescued the night before. It said he told rescuers that he had been struggling for five days to find a way out of one of the collapsed tunnels at the open-pit copper mine near the city of Chingola. A body has also been recovered. Zambian authorities have differed on exactly how many miners they believe were trapped, but the government has said it was likely more than 30.