12 dead in WV mine; 1 survivor
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I have this theory and I believe God listens to children more than us. Sounds wacky I know, but I've had my youngest pour on the prayers today. She's 15 now but been praying for various causes and people she cares about for years. And I mean years. She puts their pictures on her bulletin board and keeps them in her prayers at bedtime.
Anyway, I've been praying too but Laura most especially.
Mary
Anyway, I've been praying too but Laura most especially.
Mary
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sunny wrote:I keep checking the Internet news sites hoping for positive news. I just cannot imagine what the miners and their families must be going through right now. I'm saying some heavy-duty prayers right now.
The last press conference was really grim. There's another one scheduled for 3:30pm Eastern... 2:30pm Central. They have found very high levels of carbon monoxide where they are drilling, 3 times the amount that can kill you, they are just hoping that where they are at isn't as bad. Another problem is they don't know exactly where they are at, so the drilling right now is a waste of time and resources.
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Brent wrote:sunny wrote:I keep checking the Internet news sites hoping for positive news. I just cannot imagine what the miners and their families must be going through right now. I'm saying some heavy-duty prayers right now.
The last press conference was really grim. There's another one scheduled for 3:30pm Eastern... 2:30pm Central. They have found very high levels of carbon monoxide where they are drilling, 3 times the amount that can kill you, they are just hoping that where they are at isn't as bad. Another problem is they don't know exactly where they are at, so the drilling right now is a waste of time and resources.
OMG. Thanks, Brent. Let me know if you hear anything else.
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Efforts to contact miners fail
Emergency workers push deep into mine, but air remains contaminated
Updated: 5:34 p.m. ET Jan. 3, 2006
TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. - Rescue teams pushed deep into a mine Tuesday where 13 workers were trapped by an explosion more than 24 hours earlier, but air tests continued to show dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide and efforts to contact the men went unanswered.
The miners were believed to be at the end of a 13,000-foot long shaft. Efforts to reach the men had been called off earlier Tuesday while workers drilled a hole into the mine to test air quality.
At a news conference Tuesday, Ben Hatfield, chief executive of mine owner International Coal Group Inc., said, “It is our goal to keep hope alive while there is hope. We don’t want to discourage anyone.”
Tests showed carbon monoxide levels at 1,300 parts per million, exceeding the 400 parts per million maximum safe level.
“We are very discouraged by the results of this test,” said Hatfield.
The 13 miners were 260 feet underground when an explosion Monday morning left them trapped. It was still unclear Tuesday what caused the blast, but company officials have said it may have been sparked by lightning.
By early Tuesday afternoon, rescuers had penetrated 10,200 feet into the mine, located about 100 miles northeast of Charleston.
“We will push forward as quickly as we can as long as there is a shred of hope that we can get our people out safely,” Hatfield said.
He said drilling crews pounded on steel pipe and listened for a response in the section of the mine where the trapped miners were believed to be located. “They repeated this process several times over a 10-minute period but the drill crew heard no response,” Hatfield said.
Searching for signs of life
Rescuers were drilling two more holes to test the air ahead of the emergency crews moving into the mine and to drop in listening devices and a camera to look for signs of life.
President Bush said the nation was praying for the trapped men and offered federal help to help bring them out, “hopefully in good condition.”
“May God bless those who are trapped below the earth,” Bush said from the White House as rescue crews scrambled to reach the miners 31 hours after they were trapped underground.
He made the comments after rescuers trying to reach the trapped miners successfully punched a 6 1/4 inch hole into the mine early Tuesday.
Emergency workers push deep into mine, but air remains contaminated
Updated: 5:34 p.m. ET Jan. 3, 2006
TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. - Rescue teams pushed deep into a mine Tuesday where 13 workers were trapped by an explosion more than 24 hours earlier, but air tests continued to show dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide and efforts to contact the men went unanswered.
The miners were believed to be at the end of a 13,000-foot long shaft. Efforts to reach the men had been called off earlier Tuesday while workers drilled a hole into the mine to test air quality.
At a news conference Tuesday, Ben Hatfield, chief executive of mine owner International Coal Group Inc., said, “It is our goal to keep hope alive while there is hope. We don’t want to discourage anyone.”
Tests showed carbon monoxide levels at 1,300 parts per million, exceeding the 400 parts per million maximum safe level.
“We are very discouraged by the results of this test,” said Hatfield.
The 13 miners were 260 feet underground when an explosion Monday morning left them trapped. It was still unclear Tuesday what caused the blast, but company officials have said it may have been sparked by lightning.
By early Tuesday afternoon, rescuers had penetrated 10,200 feet into the mine, located about 100 miles northeast of Charleston.
“We will push forward as quickly as we can as long as there is a shred of hope that we can get our people out safely,” Hatfield said.
He said drilling crews pounded on steel pipe and listened for a response in the section of the mine where the trapped miners were believed to be located. “They repeated this process several times over a 10-minute period but the drill crew heard no response,” Hatfield said.
Searching for signs of life
Rescuers were drilling two more holes to test the air ahead of the emergency crews moving into the mine and to drop in listening devices and a camera to look for signs of life.
President Bush said the nation was praying for the trapped men and offered federal help to help bring them out, “hopefully in good condition.”
“May God bless those who are trapped below the earth,” Bush said from the White House as rescue crews scrambled to reach the miners 31 hours after they were trapped underground.
He made the comments after rescuers trying to reach the trapped miners successfully punched a 6 1/4 inch hole into the mine early Tuesday.
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CajunMama wrote:Terrell wrote:I hope they are able to rescue the miners. I also wish that CNN wouldn't act like it was the ONLY thing in the news worth talking about in their coverage.kevin wrote:To justify myself, these types of mine explosions happen with great regularity in China, involving the deaths of dozens of minors. I'd say once a month if not more. Doubt the Chinese even try to rescue the miners. And also, I do hope that these people make it out alright, I just don't think its national news.
God forbid a tragedy like this would happen in your area and there was no media coverage. It is the end of the world right now to those people and their loved ones. They may also have extended family throughout the US and this is the only news they are getting on their loved ones. Be lucky that this is the US and not China and we're able to report this kind of news.
I think you misunderstand me CajunMama. I am not saying that CNN shouldn't cover it at all. I'm saying that they could cover it without having to pre-empt EVERYTHING ELSE that is in the news.
If it were up to me they'd report that it happened, and break in only when they had new info to tell us (they could repeat what they already know at either the top or bottom of the hour and talk about other things that are also in the news instead of covering ONLY the trapped miners (Besides CNN also has CNN Headline News, and some of the info on the trapped miners could be shown there). And only break into the other shows on when they have something NEW to say about the situation, rather than repeat the same thing over and over for hours.) There are some of us very regualr CNN viewers that want to know about more than just the trapped miners.
What I object to, is the coverage of ONLY that story (to the exclusion of all other news). I doubt that was the only significant thing happening in the WHOLE WORLD yesterday and today. Cover it but please cover the other things in the news as well.
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Robert Hagar has been on MSNBC doing a great job with analysis explaining where the explosion occurred and other relevant information. It is good news that they weren't in their mine cart. That shows that they at least survived the initial explosion.
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