On Monday afternoon, there was an explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia and at least 25 miners have died with 4 miners are still missing.
Coal miners are true workers. They work in dangerous and dirty conditions and today, the worst possible scenario happen when there was an explosion underground.
From Fox News: "An explosion at a remote coal mine with a history of safety problems killed 25 workers and at least four others were still missing early Tuesday more than a thousand feet underground in the worst U.S. mine disaster since 1984.
Rescuers had been making their way to the area where the miners were believed trapped at Massey Energy Co.'s sprawling Upper Big Branch mine, where the blast occurred around 3 p.m. Monday. However, safety officials said at a news conference that the search was suspended because rising methane gas levels in the mine made it a high risk for another explosion.
Earlier, Kevin Stricklin, an administrator for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, said officials hoped some of the missing survived the initial blast and were able to reach airtight chambers stocked with food, water and enough oxygen for them to live for four days. However, rescue teams made it to one of two nearby shelters and it was empty. The gas levels prevented them from reaching the second."
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/05/explosion-underground-west-virginia-coal/
I just hope that certain people will not exploit this disaster for their political beliefs. For example, use this tragedy to diminish coal and extol the virtues of renewable energy like solar power and windmills.
Please keep the miners, their families and all miners in your prayers.
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