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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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I am losing track. Are they all out except the big man?
921 posted on 07/27/2002 11:37:09 PM PDT by Whey
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To: woollyone
He must be in the cage... So getting him up should not be a problem
922 posted on 07/27/2002 11:37:11 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: Timesink
Forgive me father for I have...hic....
923 posted on 07/27/2002 11:37:22 PM PDT by freebilly
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To: All
I take that back... the cage is still going down
924 posted on 07/27/2002 11:38:09 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: Timesink
Yeah, perhaps some remember that NBC, ABC, and CBS routinely portray them on the nightly news as ignorant toothless inbred hicks. An east coast media/literati 'White Man's Burden'.
925 posted on 07/27/2002 11:38:13 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: kwyjibo
Can you just imagine being the LAST man remaining down in the mine? Waiting for that cage ride to freedom?



926 posted on 07/27/2002 11:38:32 PM PDT by who knows what evil?
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To: All
Guy must have fit in the cage...because it looks like it is coming up.
927 posted on 07/27/2002 11:38:33 PM PDT by justshe
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To: Whey
"Praise GOD!!!!!!!!!"

AMEN!!!

928 posted on 07/27/2002 11:38:47 PM PDT by dixiechick2000
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To: Diddle E. Squat
To Reply 781. I guess we just don't see eye to eye. I think Geraldo has been a drawing card, and the proof of it is that the bigshots have been coming to him for their interviews, not to CNN's guy. I find it interesting that some Freepers would prefer CNN to watch, a totally traitorous cable station, instead of stooping to watch Geraldo on Fox, a station that is so preferable to CNN.
929 posted on 07/27/2002 11:38:59 PM PDT by flaglady47
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To: brigette
You think they might have done a "fit-check" with him inside the cage earlier so they already know that he'll fit?
930 posted on 07/27/2002 11:39:20 PM PDT by kwyjibo
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To: Timesink
He was talking to the a PA state mining regulatory official...the guy in the white shirt when they announce names...and Geraldo started asking about who's paying for all this, etc. and what kind of regulations about insurance there were, etc. and the guy said they were going to get into those issues later and he had stuff to do - that's why the interview ended - not because of the line of questioning.
931 posted on 07/27/2002 11:39:32 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa
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I wonder if the drill bit opened a vein of water on the way down???
932 posted on 07/27/2002 11:40:02 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: kwyjibo
They must have... If it was me I would strip down to my underwear to fit if I had to.
933 posted on 07/27/2002 11:40:25 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: kwyjibo
Oh there are times I could wring his neck. Mostly doing lip service for Clinton. Sometimes though he says things that other reporters don't say. He's been good tonight. Boy, does this country need something good to cheer about.
934 posted on 07/27/2002 11:41:04 PM PDT by jwh_Denver
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To: brigette
Here it come..........YIPEEEEEEEEEEEE!
935 posted on 07/27/2002 11:41:12 PM PDT by justshe
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To: brigette
it looks like they are brining the cage up
936 posted on 07/27/2002 11:41:13 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: Petronski
Great to be able to watch some good news for a change. I'll admit I held out little hope for them. A headline in Saturday morning's Charlotte Observer reads: Broken bit halts drilling for hours; survival hopes fading as 2nd day passes. What a difference a day makes!

No doubt this is not their biggest problem, but imagine how sensitive to light these guys' eyes must be as they emerge to the glare of the TV lights after 3 days in one of the darkest places imaginable.

937 posted on 07/27/2002 11:41:15 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina
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#9 is coming up, so he must be in the cage!
938 posted on 07/27/2002 11:41:21 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: Timesink
I don't remember the details, but he was asking the guy in the glasses and white shirt who, along with the pink-shirted lady, announce each name as they come out. He asked something to do with insurance, and are there laws regarding such, and the guy basically told him that was to be discussed at another time(implying that it was inappropriate). And then the interview came to an end.
939 posted on 07/27/2002 11:41:22 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: justshe
Guy must have fit in the cage...because it looks like it is coming up.

I'd be hanging on the bottom of it if I had to.

940 posted on 07/27/2002 11:41:54 PM PDT by LowOiL
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