

Relatives and workers wait for the news of the flooded Batian coal mine in the town of Xiaohe, Weiyuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 21. Rescuers were racing on Nov. 22 to reach 29 people trapped while doing safety work in a coal mine in southern China, the latest accident in the world's deadliest mines. Color China Photo/AP
Rescuers get ready to enter the flooded Batian coal mine for their rescue mission in the town of Xiaohe, Weiyuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 21. Color China Photo/AP
Rescuers work at the Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22, racing to pump the floodwater out and extract the survivors. China Daily/Reuters
Rescuers work to pump out floodwater at the Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22. China Daily/Reuters
Pumped water flows from a pipe at Batian Coal Mine in China's Sichuan province on Nov. 22. China Daily/Reuters
Rescuers eat at the Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22. China Daily/Reuters
A medical worker adjusts an eye cover on a trapped miner before moving him out of the flooded Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22. Emergency crews drained the flooded Chinese coal mine and rescued all 29 trapped workers Monday, ending a daylong rescue drama. Color China Photo/AP
A trapped miner is rescued at Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22. Rescuers pulled out alive all 29 coal miners trapped underground by a flood in southwestern China on Monday, in a rare piece of good news for a country with a terrible record for mine disasters. Stringer/Reuters
Rescuers carry a trapped miner wrapped in white quilts out of the flooded Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22. Color China Photo/AP
A trapped miner is rescued at the Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22. Stringer/Reuters
Rescuers put a rescued miner on a stretcher at the Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22. Color China Photo/AP
Rescuers and police officers carry a rescued miner on a stretcher out of the flooded Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22. Color China Photo/AP
In this image made from TV footage, rescue workers carry rescued miners to ambulances at the flooded Batian coal mine in China's Sichuan Province on Nov. 22. CCTV via APTN/AP
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a nurse takes care of a rescued miner at a hospital in Weiyuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Nov. 22. Xinhua, Jiang Hongjing/AP