12 miners alive

[black_bishop]

hey all, didnt see this on the front page, but, they found 12 of the 13 miners trapped in a wv coal mine alive. i think this is fantastic news. just wanted to share my joy as this hits pretty close to home for me
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[wad04]

heard it too, thank god!

[SpecialBlend2786]

Yeah, it's pretty amazing, 41 hours after the blast too. Fantastic news indeed

[RevBrown]

Sorry to be a downer but only one survived.

[SpecialBlend2786]

Sorry to be a downer but only one survived.

so it seems. damn initial report

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060104/NEWS06/601040468

[CodeMA]

ya I got in this morning and the news was on...there are some REALLY unhappy/upset fok due to them having even said the miners talked to them and such...to the point were they were good enough to go straightto the curch insted of the hobstbital...and then oh look sorry we lied there dead....and this ones about dead...


No good....then theres the hole safty violation things...

-Jim



p.s. shhhhh Im intoxicated still...the spellin...sorry

[Recon by Fire]

Yeah media! Always reporting so accurately! Makes you think about how much accuracey they have in the rest of the easier spun stories.

Nice job screwing with the families there

[BigEvil]

And then the networks and newspapers wonder why no one watches the evening news or buys the paper anymore.

The way the media conducts business is shameful. I dont know how the comunications got screwed up, but someone needs to be held accountable for a blunder this big.

[Muzikman]

It's no so much the media's fault, but the fault of the Mining Co. giving out faulse info. The problem with news media is tha they have to be the first to break a story so they don't verify facts with those that really know. instead of waiting for the word from someone in charge, they went on the word of family members who were mis-informed. I was on the phone when they first broke the story about 12 being alive and after about an hour and there was no "offical" word I told the person on the phone. "Won't it be a bummer if at the press conferenece they said, oopps we're sorry we made a mistake". This was about 1am and I went to sleep about 1:30. When I woke up I heard the news and in some strange way feel that i jinxed them. I just thought it was odd that so much time had passed and the national news had not interviewed even one official.

[wad04]

it's a sad day. i wake up sick, only to find out all but one are dead.

[magman007]

also, the saftey violations have not been disclosed. many times its something like the case of a gum wrapper being found on the premises and it being charged with commbustable material or something of the sort.

its a tragedy yes, but its also part of the risk in the job.

[Recon by Fire]

It's no so much the media's fault, ... The problem with news media is tha they have to be the first to break a story so they don't verify facts with those that really know.

That is exactly why the media is also at fault. They are the ones putting the story out, it is their responsibility to verify information...or look like rectal-clowns.

[fire1811]

That is exactly why the media is also at fault. They are the ones putting the story out, it is their responsibility to verify information...or look like rectal-clowns.

agreed

[Cow hunter]

so....... only one is alive?

[BeaverEater]

ya but the media wont ever change this, they have been doing misreporting forever. The lastest have been the miners and katrina. They do this to break the story first, and that there is no punishment for false information. The only thing that we can do to stop this is to stop watching and buying papers.