After Reports to the Contrary, Only One Miner Survives

After Reports to the Contrary, Only One Miner Survives

By JAMES DAO and JOHN O'NEIL
Published: January 4, 2006

SAGO, W. Va., Jan. 4 - In a heartbreaking turnaround, officials this morning first announced that 12 of 13 miners trapped in a West Virginia coal mine had been found alive, and then three hours later disclosed that all but one of them in fact had died. The reversal left relatives who had gathered at the mine in Sago, W. Va., stunned and furious.

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