Amazing story of determination, again illustrating how the will to live plays a huge role in survival.

And we think we've got it rough: "...a rare tale of survival in China's coal mines, the world's deadliest, where an average of 13 workers are killed every day ... they said they made only about $265 a month for working 12 hours a day."

Guess a sense of humor helps too: "I said my wife could find a rich man in Shenyang. But then I thought, I have two children and my wife is ugly, so it'd be hard for her to remarry."