No ones likes jokes and puns more than I do, but there is a line you draw, when you are talking about people's lives in the balance. I hope these miners will come of out this okay. I can't imagine what these families are going through, but I am sure that they are not thinking about the likes of Al Gore.
An interesting little factlet I found on the AP wire:
The rescue attempt has transfixed the region, a hilly, rural area long dependent on coal and one that suffered tragedy during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The 40 passengers and crew on Flight 93 died when it was taken over by hijackers and crashed near Shanksville, about 10 miles from the mine.