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Originally posted by ABC News
11 of 12 coal miners falsely reported to be alive are actually dead
Associated Press - Televised at 3:05AM Eastern Time by ABC News; Televised at 3:35AM Eastern Time by NBC News
TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. Jan 4, 2006 — Family members learned early Wednesday that 11 of the 12 coal miners who were initially thought to have survived an explosion in a coal mine have died.
Families learned of the deaths from mine officials more than three hours after Gov. Joe Manchin said he had been told 12 of the miners survived the disaster. The sole survivor of the disaster was hospitalized, a doctor said.
International Coal Group Chief Executive Officer Ben Hatfield told the families that only one miner, Randal McCloy, had survived the explosion.
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Hatfield told the families gathered at the Sago Baptist Church that "there had been a lack of communication, that what we were told was wrong and that only one survived," said John Groves, whose brother Jerry Groves was one of the trapped miners.
At that point, chaos broke out in the church and a fight started.
Well, that sucks for those poor people. Told that their loved ones were alive when in fact they actually were dead. I would sue
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