Coal Miners' Notes of Goodbye, And Questions on a Blast's Cause.

Authors :: Barringer, Felicity
Goodman, Brenda
Source :: New York Times. 1/6/2006, Vol. 155 Issue 53451, pA1-A18. 2p. 1 Color Photograph, 2 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: The article reports on the situation in Sago, West Virginia, where 12 coal miners died after being trapped in a coal mine following an unexplained explosion on January 2, 2006. According to the author, many of the miners wrote notes to family members before their deaths. The one survivor of the incident, Randal McCloy, is in a coma and may have suffered brain damage from oxygen deprivation.