Miners trapped in West Virginia

DavidMn · #1 01-03-2006, 01:13 PM

The latest I've heard about the 13 miners trapped in a shaft is that they tried to contact them but had no response. It doesnt look too good. I have alot fo respect for someone that would take a dangerous job like that. Not only ids there the threat of explosions from methane, but they have to be down there in that dank air. Here's hoping against hope they come out alive.

ontheEdgeof17 · #2 01-03-2006, 02:15 PM

Yeah. This is going on about an hour from where I live. I've been out and about today and haven't heard the latest.

It's a sad situation.

DavidMn · #3 01-03-2006, 02:15 PM

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Yeah. This is going on about an hour from where I live. I've been out and about today and haven't heard the latest.

It's a sad situation.

Just curious, has anyone in your family ever done this kind of work Curtis? Happy New Year btw.

ontheEdgeof17 · #4 01-03-2006, 02:38 PM

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Just curious, has anyone in your family ever done this kind of work Curtis? Happy New Year btw.

Nope. I'm not a coal miner's daughter. I come from a background of farmers and electricians.

DavidMn · #5 01-03-2006, 02:40 PM

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Nope. I'm not a coal miner's daughter. I come from a background of farmers and electricians.

Damn, I didn't even think of that line, but you ran with it. Very nice.

JazmenFlowers · #6 01-03-2006, 02:41 PM

this is so sad...I can't imagine being trapped like that. the latest I heard is that the air is way way beyond toxic. just sad.

GODDESS6 · #7 01-03-2006, 02:57 PM

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this is so sad...I can't imagine being trapped like that. the latest I heard is that the air is way way beyond toxic. just sad.

they keep showing the wives & family members & it breaks my heart, i just can't imagine this~

DavidMn · #8 01-03-2006, 03:12 PM

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they keep showing the wives & family members & it breaks my heart, i just can't imagine this~

I hope the media is being tasteful about this and not getting their camera's in the families faces. that would piss me off

GODDESS6 · #9 01-03-2006, 09:22 PM

http://omaha.cox.net/cci/newsnationa...e&id=D8ETIR7O4

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. -- Family members were told Tuesday that one body was found in a West Virginia mine where 13 miners were trapped for more than 38 hours.

John Groves, whose brother Jerry Groves is among the trapped miners, said Gov. Joe Manchin announced about 9 p.m. that rescuers found one body in a mine car.

Red Cross volunteer Tamila Swiger, who was inside the Sago Baptist Church, said family members were hyperventilating at the news.

The body was not identified.

There was no immediate word the fate of the other 12 miners.

estranged4life · #10 01-03-2006, 11:57 PM

The remaining 12 miners have been found alive!!! That is great news!!!

Johnny Stew · #11 01-04-2006, 12:38 AM

Yes, thank God they've found the 12 remaining miners alive. When they announced finding the first one, my heart sank -- I assumed the others shared his fate.

I feel awful for the family of the one who didn't survive, but the fact that anyone lived... let alone 12 of the 13... is amazing.

WelshWitchPMD · #12 01-04-2006, 01:07 AM

Glad that 12 have been found alive. I hope that they are OK. I do feel bad for the family of the one who did not make it.

estranged4life · #13 01-04-2006, 02:59 AM

how it went from reports that 12 of the 13 were alive to reports (MSNBC/Rita Crosby & CNN/Anderson Cooper) now stating only 1 miner was found alive...I feel for those families after the roller coaster they are on...

Truly a sad day.

Johnny Stew · #14 01-04-2006, 03:10 AM

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how it went from reports that 12 of the 13 were alive to reports (MSNBC/Rita Crosby & CNN/Anderson Cooper) now stating only 1 miner was found alive...I feel for those families after the roller coaster they are on...

Truly a sad day.

Oh no!

I just read a Yahoo News article about 8 minutes ago, and they were still saying all 12 were alive.

Damnit, I just checked Yahoo News again, and they're reporting the same thing in a one paragraph update....

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Families Say 11 of 12 W.Va. Miners Dead
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TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. - Family members report that 11 of the 12 coal miners who were initially thought to have survived an explosion in a coal mine have died. The sole survivor is hospitalized.

This is absolutely heartbreaking.

ontheEdgeof17 · #15 01-04-2006, 06:07 AM

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This is absolutely heartbreaking.

Yup. The one report was false. There is really is only one survivor, who is in serious condition at my hospital.