Compounding tragedy...
I am simultaneously heartbroken and outraged over the disaster at the Sago mine in Tallmansville, in WV.
I really was hoping and praying that it would turn out more like what happened at Quecreek Mine. I have the movie about that on tape and that's where I saw the "miracle of the soccer ball".I still have mine, too. The one I "found" right after I saw that movie...
It's still hanging right above this computer, just like it has been since I brought it home that night. What is almost worse than what happened to all but one of those men in WV, is the fact that their families were mislead into believing that all but one man had survived. They were told only one man had died. They celebrated that for three hours.
Only then were they told the truth... that all but one man had died.
Un-fuckin'-believable.
How horrible...
I feel like I've been gut-punched.
Can you even begin to imagine how those families feel?
Jesus... Anyway, if you don't know what happened in WV, here's a link to about 1300 stories about it. The one man who survived is still in the hospital in critical condition, but he is responding to his wife, thank God. I saw one article that compared and contrasted this God-awful mess with what happened at Quecreek.
That led me to this. I just got done reading and crying my way through all ten chapters.
It really did make me feel a little better.
I still feel like shit for those families in WV though, and, if you do too, go read the story about Quecreek. And, if you know a miner... give him a hug for me and tell him he's awesome to be able to do that every day and that he is in my thoughts and he's being prayed for by some nut in Gettysburg, okay? God, those guys are amazing.
Or insane.
Or both.
Comments
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Can you imagine the poor bastard who got the message wrong and passed it on? Now there's someone who no doubt feels great about himself.
Posted by: Mad William Flint at January 05, 2006 09:06 AM (/j9KS)
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That would be a pretty accurate description of much of the mainstream media, eh Mad Bill?
But the response from them will be to point fingers at *anyone* else. They're never wrong. And if they are, it's not their fault.
But the response from them will be to point fingers at *anyone* else. They're never wrong. And if they are, it's not their fault.
Posted by: BlogDog at January 05, 2006 10:15 AM (hxZ7L)
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