Dan Miller relied on pact to his wife to survive while trapped under excavator in dam near Port Stephens

By Laura Polson
Updated February 15 2017 - 9:13pm, first published 4:31pm
Firefighters work to free Dan Miller from the dam at his property in Charlotte Bay. Photo: Facebook/Saimaa Miller
Firefighters work to free Dan Miller from the dam at his property in Charlotte Bay. Photo: Facebook/Saimaa Miller
The moment Dan Miller was pulled from the dam.
The moment Dan Miller was pulled from the dam.
Dan and Saimaa Miller at their home in Charlotte Bay.  Photo: Scott Calvin
Dan and Saimaa Miller at their home in Charlotte Bay. Photo: Scott Calvin

When Dan Miller found himself trapped under an excavator in a dam, it was a pact he had made to his wife years earlier that made him fight for hours to keep his mouth and nose above water.

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