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rescue stories: 86 news summaries

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Rescuers See
'Survivable
Space' in Mine

Attempts to communicate with miners met by 'heartbreaking' silence

Aug 11, 07 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A camera lowered into a Utah mine where six men are stranded showed a 5 1/2-foot “survivable space” today but little else, the AP reports.  Rescuers pulled out the video camera to protect it from flowing water and install another lens, hoping for a wider angle on the... More »

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Second Drill Penetrates Utah Mine

After failed attempt, equipment reaches chamber believed to hold trapped men

Aug 11, 07 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A second drill has reached the chamber where rescuers believe six Utah miners are trapped, opening up the possibility that a video camera will reveal whether the men are alive. The new hole, wider than the first, punched through at 3am today, the AP reports, and images are expected later.... More »

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Rescuers 500 Feet From Miners

Crews have drilled to within 500 feet of where the miners are thought to be

Aug 9, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescue crews have drilled to within 500 feet of where the trapped Utah coal miners are thought to be. The small hole—2 1/2 inches in diameter and now down to a depth of 1,000 feet—would allow a communication line to be dropped. A larger hole—now at... More »

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'Tectonic Activity' Curbs Mine Rescue

Work suspended until this afternoon; CEO promises news on workers in 3 days

Aug 8, 07 5:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The CEO of a collapsed Utah mine claimed that ongoing “seismic and tectonic activity”  curbed yesterday’s attempts at rescuing 6 miners who remain trapped 1,500 feet underground. He told CNN that the rescue dig won't resume until this afternoon and that the miners won't be reached... More »

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Rescuers Need 3 More Days

Won't know if six are alive until then

Aug 7, 07 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - It will be at least three more days before the six coal miners trapped underground in Utah can be reached—and even then rescuers will have only a 2-inch hole to communicate with the miners, if any survived, and give them food or air. Rescue crews are only 310 feet... More »

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Saving Trapped Miners Could Take Days

'Pray, pray, pray,'
pleads mine official

Aug 7, 07 4:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - It could take days to reach six miners stuck 1,500 feet underground in a collapsed Utah coal mine, rescuers warned yesterday. No contact has been made with the miners, though they're believed to be trapped in a spot with adequate air and water. "Pray, pray, pray," begged... More »

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