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WATCH | Man rescues 9 trapped miners in the DRC with his bare hands

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Nine trapped miners were rescued from a collapsed gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo by a man digging in the sand with his bare hands, the BBC reported.

Footage shows the men crawling out of the narrow entrance one by one.



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