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Miners Rescue Mission [BREAKING Update- 11:11 PM EDT- Foxnews says "Nine For Nine" Yee Ha!]
Fox News Channel ^ | 7-27-2 | jp

Posted on 07/27/2002 6:16:49 PM PDT by Petronski

Watch and pray. The rescuers are optimistic that they will reach the cavity where the miners are located by midnight, perhaps as soon as 10pm et.

They just reported that several PA miners were caught in a similar situation thirty years ago AND WERE RESCUED ALIVE AFTER A WEEK IN THE HOLE.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania; US: West Virginia
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To: Miss Marple
And may I add that once again the average American workers are the heroes in this drama, just like 9/11. There is great heroism in this country, and I believe it is beginning to be seen.

Great comment!

Btw, I'm wondering if it isn't much better that these men were brought up during the night ..... less shock to their systems than coming up in bright sunlight after their days in darkness. Another special blessing from God? Or would that really not make any difference.

1,001 posted on 07/28/2002 12:04:11 AM PDT by kayak
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To: baseballfanjm
it's amazing what lengths good people are willing to go to to save lives.

Did you notice the tenderness and gentle care with which those big guys were handling the rescue capsule containing the first man up? Those kind of scenes always create a lump in my throat.

1,002 posted on 07/28/2002 12:04:17 AM PDT by GretchenEE
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To: Mo1
Good night =^)
1,003 posted on 07/28/2002 12:04:22 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
Bump for 1000 posts and a good night. See ya in church tommorrow gang.
1,004 posted on 07/28/2002 12:04:23 AM PDT by LowOiL
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To: JohnHuang2
Sweet Dreams John
1,005 posted on 07/28/2002 12:05:52 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: JohnHuang2
Good Morning my friend

With all the sad news of late. This is truly great news

The American Spirit is Alive and Well!!

1,006 posted on 07/28/2002 12:06:06 AM PDT by MJY1288
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To: Lowelljr
Good night =^)
1,007 posted on 07/28/2002 12:07:16 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: Mo1
*Smiles*
1,008 posted on 07/28/2002 12:07:38 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: MJY1288
Well said, my friend! =^)
1,009 posted on 07/28/2002 12:08:03 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: Diddle E. Squat
...discussed at another time(implying that it was inappropriate). And then the interview came to an end.

I still fail to see where you come to your conclusion on the implication other than your extreme dislike for Geraldo. I watched it. The only thing I saw was the guy bieng inteviewed had things to take care of, and the things he was being asked about would come out later.

1,010 posted on 07/28/2002 12:08:43 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa
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To: hole_n_one
That's an incredible picture. Wow.
1,011 posted on 07/28/2002 12:08:47 AM PDT by My back yard
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To: MJY1288
This successful rescue operation is definitely a real morale booster -- you're so right about that
1,012 posted on 07/28/2002 12:09:40 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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The sixth miner to be rescued from the Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pennsylvania, is carried to a medical evaluation tent early July 28, 2002. Rescue workers on Sunday began pulling nine miners one-by-one from the watery, 240-foot-deep shaft where they had been trapped for three days, a jubilant reward for an effort fraught with one gut-wrenching setback after another. REUTERS/POOL-Gene J. Puskar

1,013 posted on 07/28/2002 12:10:07 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: All
Had to work tonight and missed the entire rescue. Thanks for all of you whom kept up real time information-I had chills with each post, and am celebrating along with all y'all now...

What a happy news event!
1,014 posted on 07/28/2002 12:10:11 AM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29
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To: Miss Marple
Amen. Here's a toast to all of those who still put the most competent in charge to get the task at hand done. Kudos to all who saved these men. Having lost relatives in West Virgina coal mine colapses, I felt for the families. I'm happy for all of them.

Here hoping the diversity crowd doesn't scream that they didn't get their due in this.
1,015 posted on 07/28/2002 12:10:19 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Miss Marple
Can't wait for this to be made into a movie. Of course one of the miners will have to be black, and another will have to be a woman, and they'll also have to have a gay miner in the bunch, too....
1,016 posted on 07/28/2002 12:11:28 AM PDT by freebilly
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To: Mo1
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!... GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS THESE MEN

The United States of America:
the only country capable of saving men from peril in outer space (Apollo 13)
AND from Vulcan's workshop.

This is one of the ways I like to think of us whenever I hear some mainstream media shill
intone these words like some curse: "the last remaining superpower".
1,017 posted on 07/28/2002 12:11:36 AM PDT by VOA
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To: JohnHuang2
Thumbs up all around, buddy!.........


1,018 posted on 07/28/2002 12:11:48 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: freebilly
LOL!
1,019 posted on 07/28/2002 12:12:36 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: hole_n_one
Thumbs up, good friend!! =^)
1,020 posted on 07/28/2002 12:12:51 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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