Miners trapped in Russian mine

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

49 Russian miners trapped

 

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) --Water began seeping into a mine in southern Russia, trapping 49 miners about 800 meters (2624.67 feet) underground Thursday, emergency officials said.

 

The miners were working in the Zapadnaya mine in Shakty in the Rostov-on-Don region, about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Moscow, when the accident happened, said Andrei Somishchenko, duty officer at the Emergency Situations Ministry's southern office.

 

He said that all of the mine's electrical systems had shut down, including the platform that lifts the workers out of the mine.

 

A team of 38 rescuers were on the site, trying to reach the men. Officials said they were still not sure what had caused the water seepage.

 

Accidents are common in the Russian coal industry, and miners stage frequent protests over wage delays and declining safety standards. According to the Independent Coal Miners' Union, 68 miners were killed on the job last year and 98 in 2001.

 

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*Crosses fingers that this can be considered News Worthy*

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Hope Putin treats this crisis better than than he did when that sub sunk...

[Guest FrigidSoul]

Intrigued by the chance of being burried alive? Want an oppurtunity at recieving the Black Lung? Well then folks do we have the job for you!

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

 

(Words and Music by Jimmy Dean)

 

 

(Big John, Big John)

Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive

He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five

Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip

And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John.

(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

 

Nobody seemed to know where John called home

He just drifted into town and stayed all alone

He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy

And if you spoke at all, you just said "Hi" to Big John.

 

Somebody said he came from New Orleans

Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen

And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand

Sent a Loosiana fellow to the Promised Land-Big John

(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

 

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine

When a timber cracked and men started cryin'

Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast

And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last-'cept John

 

Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell

Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well

Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan

And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone-Big John

(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

 

And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove

Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above!"

And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave

Now there's only one left down there to save-Big John

 

With jacks and timbers they started back down

Then came that rumble way down in the ground

And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine

Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John

(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

 

Now they never reopened that worthless pit

They just placed a marble stand in front of it

These few words are written on that stand

At the bottom of this mine lies a hell of man, Big John

(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

 

FADE (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Oh man, I would flip the fuck out if I were stuck someplace like that.

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

I don't even like sitting in the middle of a class room, I perfer to have room around me... I'd be one who freaked out and got KO'd by another miner....

[Renegade 0]

Vodka supply limited

 

 

How utterly tasteless

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

Vodka supply limited

 

 

How utterly tasteless

Quote Dave Barry :

 

"No matter what happens in life, some one will find a way to take it too seriously"

 

 

I will never be that person.

[Gert T 0]

Hope Putin treats this crisis better than than he did when that sub sunk...

Exactly.

 

Right when I heard this on TV today, I wondered how many days it will thake the Russians to ask for help and subsequently how many hours it will take for another country to get them out.

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

Updates on this anyone?

[Guest Cerebus]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...a_mine_accident