China miners 'survived on urine'

[zoiks]

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Two miners who escaped from a collapsed pit in Beijing ate coal and drank urine to survive, Chinese media has reported.

Brothers Meng Xianchen and Meng Xianyou told the Beijing News they became so hungry it was impossible even to crawl.

Xianchen said he found coal "quite fragrant" at first, but later it became "bitter and unsmooth".

He described how they filled two water bottles with urine, saying: "You can only take small sips, and when you've finished, you just want to cry."

Rescue efforts were halted after two days, with officials and the families of both men believing they were dead.

But the pair managed to dig their way out of the pit using just their hands, after spending more than five days under ground.

"At the end, we were so hungry we ate coal and thought it tasted delicious," Meng Xianchen said.

'Total breakdown'

The brothers said they had been hopeful of being rescued until the sound of digging outside stopped.

Then they "totally had a breakdown" and eventually began to use humour to help them get through the ordeal.


We could only feel with our fingers and listen
Meng brothers

"I told my brother 'your wife is going to have to marry someone else'", Meng Xianyou told the newspaper.

His brother replied: "I laughed too. I said my wife could find a rich man in Shenyang.

"But then I thought, I have two children and my wife is ugly, so it would be hard for her to remarry."

The men were working at an illegal mine on the outskirts of Beijing when they were trapped by a rock fall on 18 August.

"At the beginning, our mobile phone still had power so there was a little bit of light.

"Two days later, the battery ran out so we could only feel with our fingers and listen."

Doctors said that the brothers had suffered kidney damage due to lack of water, but had no other injuries.

China's mines are the world's most dangerous, with about 5,000 deaths reported every year.

 

[Lash444]

"But then I thought, I have two children and my wife is ugly, so it would be hard for her to remarry."


HAHA

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: zoiks
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"But then I thought, I have two children and my wife is ugly, so it would be hard for her to remarry."

rofl!

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Lash444
"But then I thought, I have two children and my wife is ugly, so it would be hard for her to remarry."


HAHA

:laugh:

 

[thecrecarc]

Originally posted by: apac

Originally posted by: zoiks
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"But then I thought, I have two children and my wife is ugly, so it would be hard for her to remarry."

rofl!

omg haha

 

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: apac

Originally posted by: zoiks
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"But then I thought, I have two children and my wife is ugly, so it would be hard for her to remarry."

rofl!

Priceless

 

[SpunkyJones]

I think I would have kept quiet about the urine when they dug me out.

 

[luv2liv]

this is amazing.
i didnt know its possible to survive on urine and coal

 

[randay]

thats some chuck norris shit right there...

 

[Dualist]

They managed to accomplish something bizzare to save their own hides. Sounds like they didn't have any other alternatives.

 

[Spineshank]

Whole story is awesome.

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: luv2liv
this is amazing.
i didnt know its possible to survive on urine and coal

You've obviously never eaten at Applebee's.

 

[aceO07]

Wow. I'm surprised it was only kidney damage after the coal eating. Amazing story.

 

[WingZero94]

Wow

 

[jmdeathsquad]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: luv2liv
this is amazing.
i didnt know its possible to survive on urine and coal

You've obviously never eaten at Applebee's.

zing

 

[Auric]

Wife must have been so happy to have him found alive... and then publicly humiliate her.

Drinking urine is a given. The queer thing is eating the coal.

 

[Quasmo]

That was the best line ever.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: luv2liv
this is amazing.
i didnt know its possible to survive on urine and coal

urine yes, but not sure how long....