Ping-pong balls with vitamins rescue miners from Generał Zawadzki pit

Disaster struck the "Generał Zawadzki" mine in Dąbrowa Górnicza when water and silt suddenly rushed into underground workings. The rescue operation required extraordinary improvisation — to deliver vitamins to trapped miners, ping-pong balls were pushed through a pipeline. The operation became an example of exceptional solidarity and the rescue workers' organizational effort.