Word: cattenoz
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Dates: during 1964-1964
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...years in the pits, Martinet was trapped some 220 ft. below the surface when a limestone mine deep inside Mont Rivel suddenly shook, loosing tons of rocks into the shafts. With him were eight fellow workers, most of them younger. "At first we did not dare move," recalled Joseph Cattenoz, 31. "But then André was with us, and he took over." From the first moments of a marathon drama that lasted for more than a week, the short, balding, beak-nosed Martinet was the indispensable man. With him in the lead, the men explored the "room" in which they...
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