Posted on 08/17/2007 3:10:11 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
HUNTINGTON - A Mexican Consul wants the search for the six coal miners trapped in Crandall Canyon to continue -- despite last night's "seismic" bump that left three rescue workers dead and six men injured.
"I asked the governor to talk to mining officials so they can continue the search, but with a new strategy and in whatever capacity possible," said Consul Salvador Jimenez.
Three of the six missing miners are Mexicans. Jimenez acknowledged that Thursday's events have changed the rescue effort significantly.
Jimenez met with Gov. Jon Huntsman this morning just before the governor spoke to the families of the trapped miners- Kerry Allred, Don Erickson, Luis Alfonso Hernandez, Brandon Phillips, Juan Carlos Payan and Manuel Sanchez- at Canyon View Junior High School.
The consul said Huntsman told him officials were "going to continue all of their efforts and would not give up," and later relayed the message to the families inside the school.
When the governor left, Jimenez spoke with some of the family members of the Mexican miners, Hernandez and Payan, and said the two families appreciated the governor's words.
"They know that their miners will be brought out," he said.
But one man, 18-year-old Colby Horton seemed less optimistic as he left the family briefing. His father is a member of the rescue crew, and although he was not injured during Thursday's cave-in, Horton has decided to stay away from mining, he said.
He had planned to follow in his father's footsteps and work in a local mine, but after Thursday, he said he will be going to college instead.
Consul Salvador Jimenez shut your cakehole.
where was he and some helpers before now?
No wait, If I state anything but compassion for people openly breaking our laws I am a racist, xenophobe, KKK, hate site poster.
Stop stealing jobs that Americans have done for 300 years!
Maybe he can send some invasores ilegales to do the work.
Except running their own country,
Well, the Mexican officials sure look out for their nationals when overseas a lot better than the US State Dept. looks out for US nationals when they’re overseas.
At least the Mexican officials understand their job description.
Send in the 12 million illegals with shovels.
Yep. They supposedly had two weeks air supply. How much is left? And that’s assuming they survived the initial cave in. It looks grim.
You can’t really blame the consulate for wishing for more rescue efforts. We all are. But why does he think he has a say in this?
Utah is pretty much a free zone for illegals.
The first small hole drilled was for oxygen to be pumped into the mine. Maybe just regular air, but ISTR it was oxygen.
Mexican Counsel urges mine rescue efforts to continue, despite tragedy
get a full crew of illegals to tunnel.....that is one of the things they do best sneaking into the US and ripping off the US taxpayers!!!!
Hey Sal, why not round up a bunch of your illegal buds and volunteer?
What a POS!
That’s what I was thinking. Bring in a crew of Mexican miners and have them continue the rescue efforts.
How do you say “balls” in Spanish?
“Bolas”
I think...
Cojones
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