Posted by Random at 9:23pm Jan 4 '06Or rather not...
Did your newspaper publish the miscommunication as well? Mine did since mine gets published early in order to get to the public early in the morning.
The miners' families learned of the 12 deaths during a torturous night in which they were mistakenly told at first that 12 of the men were alive. It took three hours before the families were told the truth, and their joy turned instantly to fury, with one man lunging at coal company officials.
It was the nation's deadliest coal mining accident in more than four years.
The sole survivor, 27-year-old Randal McCloy, lay in critical condition with a collapsed lung and dehydration but no sign of brain damage or carbon monoxide poisoning after being trapped for more than 42 hours, a doctor said. McCloy was the youngest miner in the group.
He said the initial mistake resulted from a miscommunication among the rescue crews. Another ICG executive, vice president Gene Kitts, suggested the misunderstanding resulted because the rescuers who reached the victims were wearing full-face oxygen masks and used radios to report their findings to their base.
The last of the 12 bodies were taken out of the mine at midmorning.
[Ben Hatfield, chief executive of mine owner International Coal Group Inc.], said about 45 minutes after the mine rescue command center received word that 12 miners were alive, the company realized it may have gotten it wrong. But families were not told of the mistake until three hours later, in part, Hatfield said, because officials wanted to make sure all of their information was right.
Shows you can't believe everything the media says, eh?
If you don't know, fights occurred at a church after the real truth was delivered and so police were called in to keep order. I wouldn't blame the families though. Having a close loved one live or die can impact their life a lot, sometimes very drastically. Those 3 hours were very unfair to the families.
Did your newspaper publish the miscommunication as well? Mine did since mine gets published early in order to get to the public early in the morning.
The miners' families learned of the 12 deaths during a torturous night in which they were mistakenly told at first that 12 of the men were alive. It took three hours before the families were told the truth, and their joy turned instantly to fury, with one man lunging at coal company officials.
It was the nation's deadliest coal mining accident in more than four years.
The sole survivor, 27-year-old Randal McCloy, lay in critical condition with a collapsed lung and dehydration but no sign of brain damage or carbon monoxide poisoning after being trapped for more than 42 hours, a doctor said. McCloy was the youngest miner in the group.
"...officials "sincerely regret" the families were left to believe for so long that their loved ones were alive."
He said the initial mistake resulted from a miscommunication among the rescue crews. Another ICG executive, vice president Gene Kitts, suggested the misunderstanding resulted because the rescuers who reached the victims were wearing full-face oxygen masks and used radios to report their findings to their base.
The last of the 12 bodies were taken out of the mine at midmorning.
[Ben Hatfield, chief executive of mine owner International Coal Group Inc.], said about 45 minutes after the mine rescue command center received word that 12 miners were alive, the company realized it may have gotten it wrong. But families were not told of the mistake until three hours later, in part, Hatfield said, because officials wanted to make sure all of their information was right.
Shows you can't believe everything the media says, eh?
If you don't know, fights occurred at a church after the real truth was delivered and so police were called in to keep order. I wouldn't blame the families though. Having a close loved one live or die can impact their life a lot, sometimes very drastically. Those 3 hours were very unfair to the families.