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On November 7, 1963, 11 German miners were rescued from a collapsed mine after surviving for 14 days, an event that became subsequently known as the Wunder von Lengede ("miracle of Lengede") and attracted worldwide media attention.
The miners were initially trapped in the Klärteich 12 of the ore mine Lengede-Broistedt, near Salzgitter, on October 24, 1963, after half a million m³ of mud water had flooded the mine and the tunnels between the 60 and 100 m levels; out of 129 workers, 79 managed to rescue themselves during the first few hours, and although it first seemed as if there was no hope left for the other 50, one of the biggest and most dramatic rescue missions in the history of mining began after 7 more miners were found 23 hours after the catastrophe.
The efforts paid off; three more workers were found alive on November 1, and two days later, contact could be established with another group of 11. After a few more days of drilling, this group was also brought to safety again on November 7, after being trapped for two weeks; the remaining 29 workers died.
The disaster attracted considerable media attention; Chancellor Ludwig Erhard personally visited the mining site, and almost 460 journalists were present when the last miners were rescued. In 2003, a television film titled "Das Wunder von Lengede" in two parts was produced by German TV station SAT.11 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH is a privately-owned German television broadcasting station. 1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station and started one day before RTL Television., written by Benedikt Röskau based on the memories of one of the rescued miners, directed by Kaspar Heidelbach and starring Heino Ferch , Jan Josef Liefers , Günther Maria Halmer , Heike MakatschHeike Makatsch (born August 13 1971) is a German actress. Makatsch was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, on August 13 1971 as the daughter of Rainer Makatsch; she spent several months in New Mexico in 1988 in an effort to improve her English, and later studied, Axel Prahl , Uwe Rohde , Armin Rohde and Thomas Heinze . It was shown on TV for the first time on November 9November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. Events 694 Hispano-Visigothic king Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems, and sentences all Jews to slavery. 1282 Pope Martin IV excommunicates/ 10November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. Events 1444 Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Ladislaus III of Poland (or Ulaszlo I of Hungary) are crushed by the Turks under Su, 2003.
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