A rescuer carries a miner trapped in a coal mine blast in Qitaihe, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, November 28, 2005. An explosion ripped through the colliery, killing 134 miners and trapping 15 underground.

Chinese rescuers prepare to enter the pit after a coal mine blast accident.

Relatives of the trapped miners wait in tears outside the mine.

Rescuers carry miner Zhang Jun out after he was trapped.

Relatives of the trapped miners wait in anxiety after a blast accident in northest China's Heilongjiang province November 28, 2005.

(China Daily November 29, 2005)