Posted on 03/14/2006 3:10:43 PM PST by wjersey
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. --
The sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster visited his home for the first time since the Jan. 2 explosion Tuesday, eating a home-cooked lunch and visiting with his family during a three-hour visit.
Afterward, Randal McCloy Jr., 26, returned to the HealthSouth Mountainview Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, where he is going through months of therapy to recover from brain damage and other injuries.
The coal miner's wife, Anna, had refused to return to the family home in Simpson until her husband could go with her.
On Tuesday, he made the 45-minute drive with Anna, their two children and brother-in-law Rick McGee, said family spokeswoman Aly Goodwin Gregg.
"It was wonderful, and he was so happy to be home. She was so happy to be home. But what was most telling was how happy those babies were to be home and be in their own space," Gregg said.
The couple has a 4-year-old son and 16-month-old daughter.
How wonderful for all of them!! Welcome home, Randal McCloy, Jr. and family!
Could this be put in a place where the good news could be viewed by a few more FReepers? I'm sure people would like to know that our prayers have been answered. Thanks for your consideration of this request.
Wonderful news. Just wonderful. Thank God he is alive and returned home if only for lunch. I bet it was the best meal he ever had. God bless all of them and of course...all those lost. :(
Continued prayers for all the mining families in our country and especially for this young family.
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