Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Mining disaster - Now Alive, Now Dead.

Unbelievable! I was just watching and reading news reports about the W.Va miners that were supposedly alive , that were actually dead.

First we heard early today that 12 miners were found alive in that incident. Scenes and exclamations of joy

Twelve of 13 miners who had been trapped underground for more than 36 hours are alive and were being brought out early Wednesday for treatment, officials and family members said.

Ambulances carrying the rescued miners began arriving early Wednesday at the local hospital.

Minutes later, we hear that 11 are dead, and only one is alive and in critical condition. What a god-awful horror story. Can't imagine what those families are going through, especially when we saw those scenes of jubilation, and church bells tolling.

Grief and anger replaced jubilation early Wednesday as mine officials announced that, despite earlier reports, only one of 13 trapped miners had survived a West Virginia mining accident.

'Miscommunication' was blamed for the good news turned bad news.

Per MSNBC, 'the chief executive of the mine blamed the stunning error on a misunderstood conversation overheard between rescuers and the command center overseeing rescue efforts.'

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