Beaconsfield mine collapse survivor admits he never really liked man he was trapped underground with for two weeks - as Todd Russell dies aged 54: 'He didn't respect me'

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Mr Russell died at the age of 54 at his home on Monday night after fighting leukaemia for more than a year.

Published: 05:53 GMT, 12 November 2026 | Updated: 06:17 GMT, 12 November 2026

Beaconsfield mine disaster survivor Brant Webb has revealed he 'never liked' fellow trapped miner Todd Russell, making the admission two days after Mr Russell's death.

Mr Russell died at the age of 54 at his home on Monday night after fighting leukaemia for more than a year.

In 2006, Mr Russell and Mr Webb spent 14 days buried alive after a 2.2-magnitude earth tremor caused a rockfall inside the mine, trapping them 900m underground.

Just two days after Mr Russell's death, Mr Webb revealed his long-held feelings towards his workmate during an interview with Robert McKnight for McKnight Tonight on Wednesday.

McKnight asked Mr Webb, 'Did you like him?' to which the former miner replied: 'No, not really.'

Mr Webb said the pair did not 'hate each other' but that they never saw eye-to-eye.

'We didn't have anything in common at all, really. The only thing we had in common was we stayed in the hole for two weeks together,' he told McKnight.

'We didn't hate each other, we just didn't see eye-to-eye and we had different views on life and what we were doing and where we were going.'

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