“It all depends on almighty if the miners can be rescued,” one distraught official involved in the rescue operation, who declined to be named, told ABC News. “Pray for us.” The rescue ...

When Nolan Gross got down on his knees, it was usually to pray, or to set explosives in a coal mine. He took both jobs just as seriously. Gross, a coal miner, explosives expert and country ...

Try not to think about it. Say a prayer before I go in.” — JAMES SONGER, 21, a coal miner, on dealing with the dangers of the job.Credit...Luke Sharrett/The New York Times “I try not to let ...

some health centers for retired coal miners in the region are slowly starting to pause rehabilitation services for black lung patients in order to protect them. “I’m just praying it don’t ...

Two Sinaloa natives, Jose Luis Hernandez and Juan Carlos Payan, are among the six miners missing ... gathering at the village’s small chapel to pray. And during the week they have been lighting ...

One of the Chilean miners who was trapped underground for ... They were rescued 69 days later. "We are praying for each of you, for each of the families and for these children," he says ...

It was certain that a coal-dust explosion occurred in tandem with the Chenjiashan gas blast, a combination that made it "very unlikely for the missing miners to have survived". About 1 000 ...