[MinuteGal]

Merci, Alouette. I appreciate your work in posting these human drama photos.

Leni

[SuziQ]

Thanks be to God! I'm just in tears of joy looking at these pictures. The ones with the miner and his wife did it for me. She knows just what a blessing it is having him beside her, as does he! I put in a tape and left it on when they first started bringing them out last night. I haven't watched it yet, but I plan to do that this evening, even though I'll have to endure Geraldo!

[linn37]

what a wonderful day it must be for the miners and their familys...God Bless Them.

[LibKill]

I was leaving work Friday afternoon and reflecting that it had been a fairly rough week.

Then I remembered these poor men trapped 100+ feet underground.

My week then looked like heaven by comparison.

I'm really happy they got out alive.

[McGavin999]

What a day! I stayed up all night to watch the men being brought up, it was incredible. Americans are tough people, and these miners are amoung the toughest. There's no doubt about it the hand of God was in this rescue.

Isn't it funny that during the nineties all we saw were the soft, "sensitive" girly-men and we feared for our country. Now we see everyday how truely strong and gritty our people are.

[bandleader]

I Prayed Hard For Those Guys And Their Rescuers And Families!!I Guess That I Should Have Asked The Lord For Something For Me While I Was At It!!!!I'm Only Kidding,Praise The Lord God Almighty!!!!!!!!!!!

[JZoback]

Wonderful pictures

Thanks

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I see no signs of respirators marks on their faces. Curious: how do they clean out their lungs from the carbon? what is on their faces, wouldn't it have been inhaled as well?

Thank God they are alive and able to return to their loved ones. Thanks for the post.

[flying Elvis]

9 4 9 bump

[PoisedWoman]

Another bump for touching, wonderful photos. "God Gave Us a Miracle," indeed.

[ex-snook]

Great job - thanks for the pics.

[vance]

Terrific thread. Bump.

[bvw]

With all due respect to these fellows, mayne they should have spent some time in the decompression chamber.

[justshe]

Great job! Thanks!

[jdontom]

Merci, Alouette. I appreciate your work in posting these human drama photos.

This is really FReepen Fun for a change, the very reason this web site appealed to me! You FReepers are great, just like our family, after reading all the great posts last night had a hard time :^).

[agrace]

GREAT pictoral, Alouette, and it's so wonderful to see such joyful pics for a change, must feel good for you to do so too. The article has great details too, thanks for posting both. They brought the tears yet again. And although I don't comment too often these days (too busy chasing my kids), I so much appreciate being on your flag list!!!

[Exit148]

Thanks Alouette!

I hope we can see the faces of all these men and fit their names to them. When I saw them in that little capsule -- in great stress, yet some gave a little wave of a thumb's up ---- well, I nearly lost it.

Every once in a while I switched to CNN or MSNBC to see if their report was better than Fox, (Rivera was driving me crazy with his dramatics) but I always switched back. Rick Leventhal gave some balance.

Hearing the story of the delay, because of the broken bit, is really something. I remember thinking of what the lost time would do to those poor men. In the end, it saved them!! Miraculous!

And I can't say enough about Governor Schweiker. I hope there is some sort of appointment for him down the line. Good men like him are needed!

[facedown]

Thanks!

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Praise be to GOD ALMIGHTY

[harpo11]

Nine Alive bump! God Bless the miners and their families and friends and the men and women who worked around the clock to bring them up.