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Nov 1, 2024 · LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Rescue crews recovered the body of the second worker missing after a coal mine preparation plant in eastern Kentucky collapsed Tuesday night. Alvin Nees, 57, who'd...
Aug 1, 2023 · He was the last survivor among two groups of men who made international headlines when they were miraculously rescued several days after sections within the lowest levels of the mine clamped shut, killing 75 of the 174 miners working that night.
Nov 3, 2023 · Martin County Judge Executive Lon Lafferty identified the men as Billy Ray Daniels and Alvin Nees. Daniels died amid rescue efforts at the scene and Beshear confirmed Nees' death Friday afternoon. The men from neighboring Pike County were doing contracting work as part of the building’s demolition.
Aug 1, 2023 · HALIFAX — When Harold Brine realized he and 11 other men were trapped near the bottom of North America’s deepest coal mine, his thoughts turned to his two-year-old daughter, Bonnie. “I was...
Nov 2, 2023 · Rescuers in Martin County have shifted efforts to removing tons of steel and rubble from the site of a coal tipple that collapsed at an idle coal production plant Tuesday evening, killing one...
Aug 5, 2023 · Brine died Friday at the age of 91. He was the last survivor among two groups of men who made international headlines when they were miraculously rescued several days after sections within the lowest levels of the mine clamped shut, killing 75 of the 174 miners working that night.
Aug 1, 2023 · Brine, then 26 years old, was among 12 men who were rescued after spending six days trapped near the bottom of North America's deepest coal mine.
