MINERS, HOW MANY MORE CASUALTIES??

41 hours with Carbon Monoxide filling into your lungs, one of your lungs collapsing and dehydration, you would think that you would be dead. But for Randal McCloy his life was changed for ever when resucers found him in the West Virginia Coal mine that collasped on January 2nd. The 26 year old is currently in a light coma after being in a severe coma for the past 2 weeks. The mine killed 12 others when it collasped. I feel that McCloy is living on miracles after miracle, day after day. For a person who was stuck in a mine with limited oxygen, it is a miracle for him to be alive. I believe that all mines, certainly those mines in West Virginia, should take precautions to prevent these accidents from happening. They could have the miners wear oxygen tanks on their back that would help them stay alive incase they stuck in the ground 1 mile under the surface. Just a few days ago, 2 miners in West Virginia were caught in a fire under the earth, and their bodys were found just yesterday. If miners continue to die in accidents then the amount of people who want the jobs will go down, and everything will go down. The companys have to make sure that thier workers are safe and are not in harms way.



These links below are articles that describe McCloy's recovery and the 2 miners killed just a few days ago.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/18/miner/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/19/mine.fire.ap/index.html