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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: don-o
I was just curious why they need 18 helicopters to airlift 9 men. Keith in Iowa gave a good answer up in #324.
341 posted on 07/27/2002 8:34:40 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: LADY J
Ditto!!
342 posted on 07/27/2002 8:35:20 PM PDT by vikingchick
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To: spokanite
ALL NINE ARE ALIVE!! Governor is emotional and happy!!
343 posted on 07/27/2002 8:35:32 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: Petronski; All
Worker: All Nine Pa. Miners Alive

SOMERSET, Pa., Jul 27, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Rescue workers made contact Saturday with some of the nine miners who have been trapped underground for three days via a telephone dropped through a pipe, according to rescue officials.

Rescuers were seen hugging and giving the thumbs-up sign soon after dropping the telephone into the shaft 240 feet below.

"They're all down there. They're waiting to come up. There's nine of them. We talked to them on the telephone," a mud-caked rescue worker shouted up from the pit near where they dropped the communication device.

After three days of desperate drilling, a giant auger broke through at about 10:16 p.m. to the dark and cramped chamber where the miners had been trapped since 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Workers quickly set about removing the drill and preparing the shaft for a rescue capsule.

Rescue workers had remained optimistic the miners were alive, even though there had been no contact with them since midday Thursday, when tapping was heard on an air hole.

Dozens of family members had kept a vigil at a nearby fire hall and had made several trips to the rescue site. Officials met with them every hour to keep them apprised.

Reaching the men, who were believed to be in a 4-foot high chamber, was sometimes painfully slow. Drilling a rescue shaft to the men, age 30 to 55, didn't begin until more than 20 hours after the accident, because workers had to wait for a drill rig to arrive from West Virginia. And drilling was halted early Friday morning because a 1,500-pound drill bit broke after hitting hard rock about 100 feet down.

A second rescue shaft was started and it wasn't until Saturday that measurable progress was being made on both shafts.

Pumps had been draining the mine of some 50 to 60 million gallons of water for days, but it was not known how much, if any, water had been in the chamber where the miners were believed to be.

Copyright 2002 Associated Press, All rights reserved

344 posted on 07/27/2002 8:35:38 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: LADY J
Double dittos!!
345 posted on 07/27/2002 8:35:54 PM PDT by A. Morgan
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To: Brimack34
I'm watching CNN. Been the best coverage so far,
346 posted on 07/27/2002 8:36:07 PM PDT by spokanite
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To: Rebelbase
Flying "spares", you would be amazed at how many helicopters are used for VIP missions, this is a special kind of VIP mission.
347 posted on 07/27/2002 8:36:23 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: spokanite
I'm watching CNN. Been the best coverage so far.

Concur. Fox' coverage has been a disgrace.

348 posted on 07/27/2002 8:37:05 PM PDT by strela
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To: Rebelbase
In case something goes wrong with one of them is what they said earlier
349 posted on 07/27/2002 8:37:10 PM PDT by calawah98
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To: marajade
Governor on now, live, saying that it is confirmed that all nine miners are alive and that all nine alive, and that it's an incredible development and that he spent some time with the families.....and the families are aware......and some mission critical work to complete..... it's going to take a while to lower the rescue capsule........Drill hole broke through early, and as soon as that happened, the drill operator heard tapping, and everyone went silent so as to hear the tapping.....They lowered headphones and were in immediate communication........
350 posted on 07/27/2002 8:38:12 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: CedarDave
Tears of JOY!!
351 posted on 07/27/2002 8:38:17 PM PDT by spokanite
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To: strela
Here's a little country ode to the miners:)
352 posted on 07/27/2002 8:38:39 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: All
'all in reasonably good condition'
353 posted on 07/27/2002 8:38:41 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: calawah98
miners are in reasonably good condition CNN
354 posted on 07/27/2002 8:38:53 PM PDT by calawah98
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To: nycgal
I agree! Been a long time since I have seen a reporter so down to earth!
355 posted on 07/27/2002 8:39:16 PM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: strela
Concur. Fox' coverage has been a disgrace.

Fox really blew it.

My finger has a built in anti-CNN twitch when channel surfing, had to override it tonight.

CNN did a very good job.

356 posted on 07/27/2002 8:39:32 PM PDT by JZoback
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To: spokanite
Same here and thanks to God.
357 posted on 07/27/2002 8:39:35 PM PDT by austingirl
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To: kattracks
A far better result than in the movie "Ace in the Hole" (AKA "The Big Carnival").

358 posted on 07/27/2002 8:39:57 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic
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To: tomkat
'sending provisions - water, blankets, lights, food'

'this is gonna take a while'

(governor's cohort at press conference)

359 posted on 07/27/2002 8:40:23 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: JZoback
Food, water, blankets and lights will be sent down in the basket as soon as the drill pipe has been removed, per speaker at press conference.
360 posted on 07/27/2002 8:40:35 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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