12 trapped after coal mine flooding in N China's Shanxi (1/4)

Rescuers transport the waterpipes to the flooded pit in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012. Twelve people were trapped after a coal mine flooding at a pit under construction Wednesday morning in Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. Rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)