Sister Toldjah!
1/3/2006 - 9:56 pm

(Scroll down for a heartbreaking update)

Here’s the latest from Reuters, and it’s not good news so far:

TALLMANSVILLE, West Virginia (Reuters) - Rescuers searching for 13 men trapped in a West Virginia coal mine found one body on Tuesday in a race to bring out survivors after an explosion sent poisonous gas through a shaft, the mine owner said.

Ben Hatfield, president of International Coal Group Inc. which owns the mine, told reporters one body had been found and the search was continuing for the other men.

Red Cross volunteer Tamila Swigler said family members gathered in a church near the mine were “breaking down” after the news of the death was broken to them by rescuers.

There had been no communication with the miners since they were trapped after an explosion at 6:30 a.m. (11:30 a.m. British time) on Monday at the Sago mine in central West Virginia.

Hatfield said the one man whose body had been found had apparently been working separately from the other 12. The other men had got off the vehicle they were riding on and had started moving “towards the outside,” but he did not know what had happened to them after that.

Prayers and thoughts go out to the miners and their families, who must be literally sick with worry.

UPDATE 12:15 AM EDT: The other 12 have been found alive - yes!

WED. AM UPDATE: Apparently someone got their wires crossed. All but one miner have been found dead. :( How did this horrible mix up in information happen?

WED. AN UPDATE II: Michelle Malkin asks “What went wrong?” and has several links of interest on this.

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  1. Tragedy at Sago- Lets pray instead of blame

    Alot of people made mistakes in regards to Sago, I suggest what I said in this post’s title. Let’s just pray for everyone involved.

    Trackback by The Florida Masochist — 1/4/2006 @ 1/4/2006 - 4:18 pm


Comments

  1. Prayers answered:)

    Comment by stackja @ 1/4/2006 - 3:23 am

  2. Only one!:(

    Comment by stackja @ 1/4/2006 - 6:49 am

  3. This needs an update. On ABC radio, I heard that 12 had been found dead.

    Comment by PCD @ 1/4/2006 - 8:02 am

  4. I just found this:

    http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/04/D8ETSA487.html

    Comment by PCD @ 1/4/2006 - 8:30 am

  5. I’m getting ready to update, PCD - just now had a chance to log in and do so.

    Comment by Sister Toldjah @ 1/4/2006 - 8:41 am

  6. This is very sad. I hope and pray for the families.

    Comment by Lorica @ 1/4/2006 - 10:20 am

  7. Very sad. What an awful thing to happen.

    Comment by benning @ 1/4/2006 - 11:22 am

  8. During Katrina, MSM was reporting as news, unverifiable stories from random unaccountable sources.

    They later applauded themselves because they felt that it was more important to keep the country/world informed of the goings on, then verify and report NEWS.

    Many have chastised the MSM for this, some have even argued that these “rumors” are news worthy even if false. Now the world can see MSM for what it is.
    This is a HORRIBLE (and down right painful for the family) example of the consequences of not vetting a story before reporting it.

    My heart goes out to all the families which have heavy burdens to bare and empty seats to share.

    Comment by Enrique @ 1/4/2006 - 2:44 pm

  9. I can’t put into words how badly I feel for the families of those miners.

    Comment by CavalierX @ 1/4/2006 - 6:07 pm

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