Grief, anger as all but one miner found dead.

Funny Hat Man · Post by **Funny Hat Man** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:01 pm

TALLMANSVILLE, West Virginia (CNN) -- Joy turned to sorrow in three short hours Wednesday for relatives of a dozen men found dead in a West Virginia coal mine. "Miscommunication" spawned early reports of their survival.

Just before midnight, miners' families thought the men were alive after 41 hours of entrapment. An ambulance rushed one miner to a hospital in critical condition as church bells rang in celebration.

"No, he strictly told us they was alive," Casto said. "Three hours later he come back and said they wasn't."

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Smooth move...

Special-K · Post by **Special-K** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:03 pm

that really sucks

BIGGIE · Post by **BIGGIE** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:34 pm

i was watching it on CNN. thats horrible.

Deadly Donkey · Post by **Deadly Donkey** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:57 pm

Love how this gets shitloads of coverage in world media, when around 5000 people die in China in mines a year....

Special-K · Post by **Special-K** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:09 pm

agreed. that guy who said 'if there's one place in the world that needs a miracle it's west virginia' made me want to punch him

venalicius · Post by **venalicius** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:40 pm

What a shit job, I mean you dont even get paid that much to inhale methane and other horrific gases.

RusticTrain · Post by **RusticTrain** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:52 pm

during the orange bowl last night they scrolled across the bottom of the screen that everyone had survived. both me and my dad thought it was pretty cool. i guess not so much anymore..

Vegetarian · Post by **Vegetarian** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:11 pm

When my mom was telling me that "All but 1 lived." I knew it felt wrong, but didnt bother to watch any more of it on TV. Lets just say being right doesnt always feel great.

Delinquent · Post by **Delinquent** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:38 pm

Special-K wrote:agreed. that guy who said 'if there's one place in the world that needs a miracle it's west virginia' made me want to punch him

someone seriously said that?

well I guess they literally lived in a cave (the mine) most of their lives, but damn, that's plain retarded.

/.Delinquent

kaden · Post by **kaden** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:50 pm

After reading the memoir Rocket Boys (i.e. October Sky) I finally realize how miners risk their lives everyday and try their damned hardest to make sure the mine is safe to work in everyday..... as best they can.... If China really does lose around 5000 miners every year, then they must the unsafest work environment in the world... or mining is so abundant over there making 5000, shamefully, a small percentage.

In the future they need to take handing mining jobs over to machines to handle it... just my opinion.