How amazing. Last night I turned on the tv just as they broke through. I watched for a bit, then had to turn it off–I just had that sickening feeling that things were going to be very grave, and I wasn’t up to hearing it.
This morning I picked up papers to deliver, and there on the front page in little tiny print, was the headline that they were all alive!
And I sat in my van in the parking lot of the Herald-Times at 4 a.m. and bawled my eyes out. Then I went about my day with a much lighter heart.
Thank God. What a moment that must have been for the rescuers and families.
<dissolves in a big weepy puddle of happiness>
~karol
What a tribute to the miner’s bravery and to all the people involved in the rescue effort. I bet those medical crews and decompression folks were never so happy not to be necessary! This is just teriffic.
I was afraid for a while it was going to be like the Russian submarine Kursk, or like the SS Thresher back in the '60s.
It should be remembered that scores of miners in the U.S. have already been killed in accidents in the 21st century, and over 400 were killed during the '90s. It’s one of the most dangerous professions, next to fishing and logging.
Great, great news! I can’t imagine the horror, and then the relief.
Fantastic!
(My grandfather and an uncle died from black lung after being coal miners in Alabama. The news coverage of this event brought back their tales of rumbling mine shafts, snapping beams, getting stuck in small places… ::: shudder ::: )
