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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Devastating Twist: 12 Miners Dead
Families Celebrate For Hours Before Learning Of Deaths
UPDATED: 12:08 pm EST January 4, 2006


TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. --

As the only survivor remains hospitalized, the last of a dozen bodies has
been pulled from the Sago coal mine in West Virginia.

The bodies were found more than 42 hours after an explosion trapped the

miners.

There was a tragic miscommunication around midnight, when word spread
that one miner had died and the dozen others were alive. Three hours later,
the families were told only one man survived.

The bodies were found together behind a curtain-like barrier they set up to
keep out carbon monoxide gas. It doesn't appear the explosion killed them.

The lone survivor is identified as Randal McCloy, a 27-year-old resident
of Simpson, W.Va.. His condition is listed as critical. McCloy is in critical
condition in a Morgantown, West Va., hospital, where he's under sedation
and on a ventilator.

A doctor said McCloy was unconscious but moaning when he was taken
from the Upshur County mine to Ruby Memorial Hospital. He said McCloy
is responding to stimuli.

McCloy's father-in-law said he was "still devastated" when he found out
McCloy was the only survivor, saying his heart goes out to the other families.

Ben Hatfield, CEO of Sago Mine owner International Coal Group, told

reporters Wednesday morning that initial reports from a rescue team
indicated there were "multiple survivors." He said that turned out to
wrong, blaming a "miscommunication."

Hatfield said the rumor of survivors "spread like wildfire" but noted that
mine officials had never confirmed it.

Relatives had broken out in screams of joy when word of a rescue came from

West Virginia's governor. That was replaced by abject sorrow and anger.

The son of one of the 12 miners found dead said there was "no apology" and
"no nothing" when officials told them there relatives were dead.

The rescuers found a barricade and determined that the miners had donned

their breathing masks. It's not clear how long they lived.

The company news conference announcing the miscommunication didn't occur

until after 3 a.m. -- more than three hours after families had started celebrating
the misconception that their loved ones were alive.

Witnesses said after people were given the bad news about the others, one
relative became enraged and lunged at an official. The incident happened at a
Baptist church where relatives had gathered. Family members had to wrestle
the aggrieved man to the ground.

Federal officials are expressing sorrow over the deaths and are promising a full

investigation.

Before the incorrect announcement of the 12 survivors, rescuers had found one

body Tuesday.

Distributed by Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. The Associated Press
contributed to this report. All rights reserved.
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Every single person and every single creature that is alive today on this Earth

- August 24, 2008 til around the year 2880 will all be dead when January 1, 3000 happens.

What do I know:

- I don't even know exactly how many generations of people that is.

- I have absolutely no idea what the terrain will look like then,

and I know that most things occurring today,

and for quite awhile from now, will not matter

or even be remembered by those alive then.

Will they even have books?

What can happen around the span of a 1000 years or so?

- The Roman Empire lasted approx 851 years. [625BC-476AD]

- The Pilgrim exploring party went ashore at Plymouth in America approx [1620] 388 years ago.

- The Nazi Party Ruled about 12 years [1933-1945]

- The Titanic took approx 2 hours and 40 minutes for her to sink. [11:40pm:14th-2:20am:15th April 1912]

- There is active Christian discussion on this being the latter day

- the time being at hand -

that indicates that somewhere in this clock

the prophecied tribulation could happen.

Would I be worthy?

- 10 out of 10 people do not leave this world alive.

- Somewhere in the time of this clock I'll be leaving here,

just like others I have known have already left.

- I know that spirits exist.

Do I know where those I have known are in spirit - no.

But I know that they are alive in the Lord's heart.

I know that He knows just where they are.

I hope and pray that they are ok.

In His heart I know and believe that they are.

- I believe in the promises of Christ, and know that I am ok.

What do you know?

 

Word of the Day

verdant discuss

Definition:(adjective) Green with vegetation; covered with green growth.
Synonyms:green, lush
Usage:Habituated to arid landscapes, the desert dwellers were shocked by their first glimpes of the verdant pastures.

 

 

 

 

 

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