<p><br /> At least 115 miners were pulled alive from a flooded coal mine in north China after being trapped for over a week, eating bark to survive and prompting jubilant officials to hail their survival a miracle.<br /> </p><p><br /> Officials said 153 miners were trapped in the unfinished Wangjialing mine in Xiangning, Shanxi province, after it filled with water last Sunday.<br /> </p><p><br /> The survivors were pulled out late on Sunday night and throughout Monday, with 38 miners still missing. The survivors' condition was reported as stable.<br /> </p><p><br /> "It is a miracle," said Luo Lin, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, waiting at the entrance of the mine pit, was quoted by the Xinhua news agency as saying.<br /> </p><p><br /> "The trapped miners stayed so unwaveringly determined down the mine shaft, passing through eight days and eight nights to live."<br /> </p><p><br /> Survivors were brought out from a working platform, where rescuers had drilled a vertical hole last week. The hole ensured oxygen in the water-flooded pit while rescuers sent down glucose.<br /> </p>
