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Australia - Trapped miners free
Australia Broadcasting Corp. ^
| May 9, 2006
Posted on 05/08/2006 12:55:27 PM PDT by HAL9000
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posted on
05/08/2006 12:55:29 PM PDT
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HAL9000
To: HAL9000
To: HAL9000; Fair Go
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posted on
05/08/2006 12:58:38 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(FR is the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world. Thanks Jim.)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
05/08/2006 1:02:03 PM PDT
by
quark
To: HAL9000
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posted on
05/08/2006 1:11:02 PM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
To: HAL9000
From what I have read, the company in this case should be congratulated for their safety procedures. Any mine I have worked in, men doing similar work would have likely been crushed.
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posted on
05/08/2006 1:21:23 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
(America cannot have an exit strategy from the world.)
To: HAL9000
wonderful news!
so glad to hear they
are doing so well!
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posted on
05/08/2006 1:22:05 PM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
05/08/2006 2:06:31 PM PDT
by
Emmet Fitzhume
(Memo to the deceivers at CNN: It is NOT "Domestic Spying." It is TERRORIST SURVEILLANCE!)
To: HAL9000
Thank God! Especially after the horrible recent mining tragedies here and in Mexico...
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posted on
05/08/2006 2:14:31 PM PDT
by
TFFKAMM
To: HAL9000
Forget the hospital, I'd want a long hot shower first.
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posted on
05/08/2006 2:26:03 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: mtbopfuyn
Apparently they had a shower while they were still in the mine.
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posted on
05/08/2006 2:42:58 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: fanfan
This is a great story. The two guys actually walked out of the mine and came through the ordeal remarkably well. Sadly, one of their mates was killed when the mine collapsed and will be buried later today.
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posted on
05/08/2006 5:08:25 PM PDT
by
Fair Go
To: fanfan
This is a great story. The two guys actually walked out of the mine and came through the ordeal remarkably well. Sadly, one of their mates was killed when the mine collapsed and will be buried later today.
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posted on
05/08/2006 5:09:20 PM PDT
by
Fair Go
To: HAL9000
I love happy endings.
Thank You, Lord!
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posted on
05/08/2006 5:09:33 PM PDT
by
Palladin
("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
05/08/2006 5:10:53 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
05/08/2006 5:10:53 PM PDT
by
skr
(We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.-- Ronald Reagan)
To: Fair Go
Really?
Only one dead? I don't mean to sound glib, but that is amazing. If this had been happening anywhere else in the world, well...
You Aussies know how to run a tight ship!
Good on you!
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posted on
05/08/2006 5:11:31 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(FR is the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world. Thanks Jim.)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
05/08/2006 5:14:09 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
(To all political staff lurkers: SECURE THE BORDERS, OR YOU'RE FIRED!)
To: HAL9000
One of those days I'm proud to be Australian-born...
I woke up to this news this morning - actually I switched on the TV just before they walked out of the mine - and I haven't stopped smiling all day.
For two fellas who'd spent two weeks (yes, two weeks!) underground, trapped in a roughly 4x4 foot cage, they looked pretty good.
I have the news on now... apparently just half an hour ago, one of them even checked himself out of the hospital already. Fantastic!
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posted on
05/08/2006 5:45:50 PM PDT
by
FriendDownUnder
(A Southern Franchisee of the War on Terror)
To: fanfan
As I recall, about 14 others managed to escape when the mine first collapsed. Mining is a dangerous business anywhere in the world. However, coal mining has to be the most dangerous.
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05/08/2006 6:12:40 PM PDT
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Fair Go
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