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April 8, 2010

Rescuers Enter West Va. Coal Mine
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Rescue crews have entered a West Virginia coal mine in search of the
four miners missing since Monday’s explosion that killed twenty-five of
their co-workers. The blast at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch coal
mine was the worst US mining disaster in a quarter-century. Rescue
efforts were delayed until dangerous gases could be filtered out of the
mine. The prospect of finding survivors rests on hopes the missing
miners escaped in time to airtight chambers with supplies of food and
water.



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