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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescue workers on
Saturday pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site
near the capital of Seoul and continued searching for another
believed to be trapped inside.
Im Gwang-sik, an official with Gwangmyeong city’s fire
department, said the survivor was trapped about 30 meters (98
feet) underground in the rubble for approximately 13 hours, and
was conscious when found and taken to a nearby hospital.
Gwangmyeong city authorities had earlier withdrawn workers from
the construction site and halted traffic in the area after
receiving reports that a ventilation shaft was at risk of
collapsing.
Authorities were deploying dozens of rescue workers and vehicles
and three cranes to search for the other worker who remains
unaccounted for.
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