Miner John Phillippi is rescued from the Quecreek Mine, Sunday July 28, 2002 in Somerset, Pennsylvania. All nine miners trapped since Wednesday evening were successfully rescued. REUTERS/POOL-Gene J. Puskar
Miner John Phillippi is rescued from the Quecreek Mine, Sunday July 28, 2002 in Somerset, Pennsylvania. All nine miners trapped since Wednesday evening were successfully rescued. REUTERS/POOL-Gene J. Puskar
Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker (2L) helps carry out the last of the trapped miners at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2002. Nine Pennsylvania coal miners who were trapped for three days in a flooded mine traveled one-by-one to safety on Sunday in a cramped yellow rescue cage hauled up through a 26-inch (66-cm) wide rescue shaft. REUTERS/POOL-Steve Helber