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9 miners are alive? ....... UNBELIEVABLE!!

stanmanstanman Member Posts: 3,052
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
Good news is often too hard to come by, and this one is good news!
Hate to give him much credit, but, Geraldo said it well when he compared the rescue effort to a moon shot in its complexity.
Good work people!
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Did they finally get them out?

    Eric S. Williams
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  • stanmanstanman Member Posts: 3,052
    edited November -1
    Fox News is giving live coverage of the rescue scene, the second guy just came out I think.
    Cool!
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thats good to hear!Im glad they are getting out alive,they are very lucky.Mining is one dangerous profession.My hats off to them for knowing the risk and still going down there.TRUE balls!

    Eric S. Williams
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  • 4wheeler4wheeler Member Posts: 3,441
    edited November -1
    #5 just came out

    "It was like that when I got here".
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,510 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    #8 just came out...This is wonderful...

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  • stanmanstanman Member Posts: 3,052
    edited November -1
    All nine are out now.
    Oustanding!!
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,643 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What great news. Those guys must have cast iron ba**s. I especially liked the request, by some, for a beer! I'm taking bets that we will see this as a TV movie.

    cbxjeffIt's too late for me, save yourself.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I assumed they would all be dead when, and if, they finally got down there. Pretty unusual. A lot of happy families won't be going to funerals in coal country this time. I suppose Russell Crowe or Mel Gibson will play the lead rescuer in the movie and cheapen the whole rescue.

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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I heard somebody say that they were up to their NOSES in water! And, I guess they all wrote down wills and a few last words and put them in a lunchbox, just incase. Damn, I can't imagine how those guys must have felt.





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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was wondering how the last man felt when #8 went up in the cage and he was down there 240 feet all by himself. The outlook was more than grim by last night, and I could even see the rescue crew shaking their heads in disbelief. I hear the oxygen would only have held out a few more hours. They were already coughing to breathe. Amazing.

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  • inspectorknuckleheadinspectorknucklehead Member Posts: 81 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do the words "Grace of God" mean anything to you.


    John Colson

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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No one can say He's not performing Miricles today.
    Imagine how their family's felt!

    Rugster
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  • homer4homer4 Member Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    God's wonderful Grace and Purpose/
    Amazing skill of the rescue effort in addition.
    Good deal!

    "...Abby someone""Abby who"..."Abby Normal"
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  • pigeoncreek1pigeoncreek1 Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Most definately a miracle, I can't say enough about the rescue effort that took place along with the guts those miners had to stick it out!! This one hit a little too close to home...only about 60 miles east of where I am.

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  • airborneairborne Member Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can you imagine the happy reunions in the Somerset, PA area. Yes, it is an answer to prayer that they all made it out safely.

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  • hillbillyhippiechichillbillyhippiechic Member Posts: 97 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is wonderful that God saved the Somerset miners.
    I just wanted to let everybody know that although mining is very dangerous, they are highly trained for these very types of emergencies.
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  • 4wheeler4wheeler Member Posts: 3,441
    edited November -1
    A lot of excellent engineering went on behind the scenes on this rescue,unbelievable that they all got out alive!

    "It was like that when I got here".
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