Mr. Barakzai and a young teacher named Ahmad followed a ten-year-old miner deep into the mine to film the video.

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The 28-year-old miner punched and kicked the crocodile, while at the same time clinging on to mangrove branches and screaming for help.

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The family of a 49-year-old miner who was killed in an accident at a North Yorkshire pit have said they have been devastated by his death.

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When asked what he wants to do when he grows up, 4-year-old Ben Sedgmer blurts out, "Coal miner!"

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Albert's 80-year-old grandson Noel Snailham, himself now a retired miner and former mine rescue team member, recalled the mixed emotions his mother felt at this act of selflessness.

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Another miner, Mohan Soren, has an eight-year-old daughter whose legs became paralyzed three months after she was born.

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He keeps a memento behind his desk: A 20-year-old Zenith TV, knobs missing, pierced by a bullet from an angry miner.

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