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Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows a rescue team lowering themselves into an old abandoned mine shaft on Oct. 17, 2018, to rescue a man who fell into the shaft on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, the near Aguila, Ariz. A hospital spokeswoman said the man who fell into the old abandoned mine shaft is in good condition awaiting surgery for two broken legs. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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PHOENIX — A man who fell to the bottom of an old abandoned mine shaft in Arizona is fortunate to be alive, the head of a volunteer rescue team said Thursday, one day after a team gingerly lifted the man some 100 feet to safety in a metal gurney.

By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press October 18, 2018