[Justice]

The first of the freed miners, Randy Fogel, 43, is carried on a stretcher at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2002. The first of nine Pennsylvania coal miners trapped for three days in a flooded shaft 240 feet (73 metres) underground was hauled to the surface in a rescue capsule, officials said on Sunday. Despite hunger, fatigue and dangerously cold temperatures, rescuers found all nine men alive and in good condition late on Saturday. REUTERS/POOL-Steve Helber

[Diddle E. Squat]

Speculation is that maybe they were not in as much water as it appears when they come out soaking wet. Said that the nature of the drilling may have used water as part of the process.

But if they were in water the entire time, can you imagine the granny feet they must have?