Aussie Man Trapped In Bog With Just Nose Above Water

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An Australian digger driver managed to survive after getting trapped in a bog for several hours by keeping his nose above water and patiently waiting for rescue to arrive.

The Aussie man from New South Wales managed to get trapped under his digger while doing chores on his property, when his excavator rolled into a damn and pinned him up to his nose in a water-filled muddy ditch.

Though not a yogi, the 45-year-old farmer took up a difficult yoga posture that kept his forehead and nose above water.

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Turning his thoughts to his family, he calmly waited to get rescued.

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From the Daily Sheeple:

Daniel Miller, 45, was riding his excavator to tend to plants at his property in Charlotte Bay, a remote part of New South Wales, when the dam’s edge collapsed. The three-ton machine fell into the dam and a bar pinned Miller’s back down so that only his face was above the surface of the water.

Miller contorted his body, heavily arching his back to keep most of his face above the water. After several hours, a neighbor 500 meters away heard his calls for help, and rescue teams arrived to free him.

In an interview with Australia’s 9 News, Miller said that thinking about his wife and daughters kept him alive:

“I was thinking about how my family is going to find me face down in the dam dead on my property, so that wasn’t going to happen—not without a fight.

I didn’t have time to jump clear so I kind of rode the machine down hoping I would be alright. I hit the water and went under. The next thing I feel is the roll bar come across my back, the dam was very soft, very muddy.

I thought s–t I got to get the surface, so I pushed my arms up into the mud and grabbed a mouth full of air. Back pinned, arms up, machine still running.

The first thing I thought is, ‘I told [my wife] I wouldn’t die first’,” he said.

Miller, an avid surfer, said he used his arms as struts to hold his head above water, as though he was doing a push-up.

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“I went into an almost robotic state and thought ‘just count to 60, move my arms, readjust’, and just wait and try and be calm and logical. I watched a cricket climb across a piece of grass for two hours.

I was trapped and had to keep my head up above water using my arms. I guess it was the cobra position. I’m not a yogi but I guess you could say yoga saved my life. That and the will to live.”

Fire and Rescue New South Wales deputy captain Steve Howard said, “How he kept his back arched with his nose above the waterline was quite incredible for that amount of time.”

After he was rescued, Miller was taken to a hospital by helicopter. He was treated for hypothermia and minor back injuries.

Last Wednesday, Miller’s wife wrote on Facebook:

“Dan is ok!. It was literally sheer mental strength and determination to survive that got him through. As well as being fit, strong and healthy. Nothing to do with luck. Legendary effort from a legendary man.”