6 miners still trapped... BREAKING NEWS: New bad news??

[Stephanie]

Crap!

[brunota2003]

HUNTINGTON, Utah - At least two people working to find six trapped miners were injured Thursday night on the 11th day of the rescue effort. At least four ambulances and two medical helicopters rushed to the mine after 9 p.m. EDT. One person taken to Castleview Hospital in Price was seen being resuscitated.
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There was a "mountain bump" inside the mine, according to a hospital official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to release information.

A bump commonly refers to pressure inside the mine that shoots coal from the walls with great force.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_ ... e_collapse

[Brent]

At least TEN injured.

[brunota2003]

HUNTINGTON, Utah - A seismic "bump" in a coal mine injured nine people working to find trapped miners, sending at least four rescue workers to hospitals, authorities said.

One rescue worker was in very serious condition at Castleview Hospital, and two were in serious condition there, said Jim Manley, hospital chief executive.

At least one rescue worker was flown to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, said Jess Gomez, a spokesman for Salt Lake City's LDS Hospital, which dispatches medical helicopters in Utah.

"It is believed that the accident was caused by a bump. ... We are in the process of doing a head count to ensure that everyone is accounted for," said Dirk Fillpot, spokesman for the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

A bump commonly refers to pressure inside the mine that shoots coal from the walls with great force.

A "final count" determined that nine workers were injured, he said. The agency had earlier said at least 10 were injured.

The bump occurred about 8:30 p.m. EDT.

[Brent]

1 has died, at least 8 others injured.

[brunota2003]

OH CRAP! Not good at ALL!

HUNTINGTON, Utah - A disastrous cave-in Thursday night killed three rescue workers and injured at least six others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach six trapped miners, authorities said. Mining officials were considering whether to suspend the rescue effort.

It was a shocking setback on the 11th day of the effort to find miners who have been confined at least 1,500 feet below ground at the Crandall Canyon mine. It's unknown if the six are alive or dead.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_ ... e_collapse

[JTD]

Search for the 6 missing miners suspended indefinitely!

Not good and tragic indeed.

[JTD]

HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - The desperate underground drive to reach six trapped miners was suspended indefinitely Friday after a catastrophic cave-in killed three rescuers inside a mountainside mine that won't stop shaking.
It was a devastating turn for the families of the six men trapped in the Aug. 6 collapse at the Crandall Canyon mine and for the relatives of those trying to rescue them. It's not known if the trapped miners are alive.

"It just feels like a really hard blow to swallow after all we've been through the last week and a half and everyone trying to hope in their own individual way," Huntington Mayor Hilary Gordon said in telephone interview Friday with CNN's "American Morning."

All rescue workers were evacuated from the mine Thursday evening and work underground was stopped. Asked if the search would be suspended, "that's something to be determined," said Rich Kulczewski, a U.S. Department of Labor spokesman.

Early Friday, federal officials met with several family members of the still-trapped miners. State Rep. Brad King, who represents central Utah's coal belt, attended the briefing and said government and mine officials didn't say what their next step was.

The cave-in at 6:39 p.m. was believed to be caused by what seismologists call a "mountain bump," in which shifting ground forces chunks of rock from the walls. Seismologists say such a bump caused the Aug. 6 cave-in that trapped the six men more than 3 miles inside the central Utah mine.

The force from the bump registered a 1.6 at the University of Utah seismograph stations in Salt Lake City, said university spokesman Lee Siegel. It was the 20th reading at the university since the original collapse, which registered a 3.9 on Aug. 6.

[angelwing]

That's a crying shame WIll have to keep praying, this is so bad

[MusicCityMan]

Prayers 4 all those involved and prayers for the families of the miners.

It's just a dirty shame that everytime they seem to perhaps catch a break, they run into another problem.

[Brent]

Now saying they may never find the miners bodies.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20342380/