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"I Survived 21 Hours Buried Alive": DRC Mine Collapse Survivor Speaks 📣 Journalists from Al Jazeera managed to track down and interview one of the survivors of the January 28 landslide at the Rubaya coltan mine in the DRC's AFC/M23-controlled territory. According to Grace Barata, he and other miners were trapped when they took shelter in the mine from the rain: 🔴It started raining around 3 PM local time, and we took shelter from the rain in the mine... I heard rocks rubbing together and thought it was just pebbles being washed away by the water. Then I found myself in total darkness. Ironically, the same rain that softened the soil and triggered the landslide may have saved Barata and his colleagues as they were inside the mine when the collapse happened and weren’t crushed by falling rocks. After 21 hours underground, rescuers finally pulled Barata from the earth on Thursday at around 1 PM. 🔴We saw the light from afar and knew we would be rescued. The others died before our eyes, without saying a word. ➡️ Stay informed - @devilsbelow