Images that we remember forever
Back again from Sydney, where I was doing it tough at Coogee.
I didn’t see much of the world outside the hotel and the pub down the road for the week, but it was fantastic waking up on Tuesday, turning the TV on and seeing Brant Webb and Todd Russell walking out of the Beaconsfield mine. I reckon those images of the two men coming out of the mine, lifting their arms in the air, taking their tags off the “down mine” board and hugging their families and friends are ones that will be remain inspiring for a very long time.
Amazing story wasn’t it! Two weeks stuck in a small cage, and they walk out like its the end of a normal shift.
I’m sure we’ll hear plenty about their story in due course. Inevitably there’ll be books and quite likely a movie or TV miniseries. Hopefully, the men won’t be tarnished by the tackiness of the media circus trying to trump their competition by sealing up exclusive rights to tell their story.
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May 12th, 2006 at 7:46 am
This story has everything. Tears, joy, a small town, Richard Carleton popping off whilst on assignment there. Even Oprah has been on the blower wanting these guys to come on her show.
Amazing.