www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

   

Search for 6 US miners is suspended

(AP)
Updated: 2007-09-01 15:26

SALT LAKE CITY -- US Federal officials have indefinitely suspended efforts to find six men trapped for nearly four weeks inside a coal mine after a robotic camera failed to provide any useful information, an attorney for the men's families said Friday.


A member of rescue team No. 1 from the Energy West Mining company of Huntington, Utah, dates and initials a hazardous spot in a mock coal mine laid out in a convention hall as they compete in the National Mine Rescue Contest in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007. [AP]

"They said, 'We've exhausted the options that we know about,'" said Colin King, an attorney serving as a spokesman for all six families.

Allyn Davis, a regional director for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, told the families that the robotic camera was successfully dropped down the fourth of seven holes bored into the mountain, but that it quickly became stuck in the mud as it moved over piles of debris, King said.

Officials also could not retrieve the camera and had to leave it stuck about 50 feet from the surface, he said.

"They didn't rule out the possibility of an eighth hole, but (Davis) really didn't give any indication that they were seriously considering it. Not unless somebody came forward with new information," King said. "(Davis) said, 'We've done all we can do.'"

Messages left with federal mine officials were not immediately returned Friday evening.

The steadfast families had a difficult time with the news, King said: "There were tears."

Miners Kerry Allred, Don Erickson, Luis Hernandez, Carlos Payan, Brandon Phillips and Manuel Sanchez have not been seen since Aug. 6, when a thunderous mountain shudder caused ribs in the Crandall Canyon Mine to break, trapping them.

It isn't known whether they survived. Three rescuers working underground were killed in a second collapse Aug. 16, another disaster that has foreclosed a separate way to reach the miners.

Federal safety officials have drilled a series of vertical bore holes into the mine in hopes of locating the six, but at each spot have found no signs of life and oxygen levels too low to sustain life.

Hole No. 7, drilled more than 1,800 feet through the mountain and into the mine Thursday, found nearly seven feet of debris. The drill bit emerged in an area called the "kitchen," where miners are trained to seek refuge during a collapse.

"It was very discouraging to them to hear about the kitchen area being filled with rubble," King said earlier Friday. "I think they're moving closer and closer to accepting the likelihood that they won't find anyone alive."

Families of the missing men and the lost rescue workers gathered on a mountaintop above Huntington on Friday afternoon to release a rehabilitated golden eagle into the wild.

The bird, which had been cared for by the Southwest Wildlife Foundation, was a symbol of healing and hope, Huntington City Councilwoman Julie Jones said.

Representatives from each family touched the bird, offering up prayers, some audible and some whispered, for their loved ones.

Wendy Black, the wife of killed rescuer Dale "Bird" Black, held the eagle at the end of the ceremony and released it, Jones said.

"It was awesome," Jones said. "It was a very emotional thing."

The co-owner of the mine, Cleveland-based Murray Energy Corp., laid off 170 workers at the mine on Monday but said Friday that about 35 of them accepted transfers to the company's mining operations in Illinois and Ohio.

Company chairman Bob Murray said he extended job transfers to all laid-off workers in Utah. It's possible more could join the Illinois and Ohio operations, he said.

Murray Energy has 19 mines in five states.



Top World News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
主站蜘蛛池模板: 伊人手机视频 | 亚洲系列中文字幕一区二区 | 美女毛片在线看 | 男人的天堂在线观看视频不卡 | 91影视做在线观看免费 | 久久久久久88色愉愉 | 亚洲第五色综合网啪啪 | 男女性生活网站 | 日本黄区 | 亚洲免费视频网站 | 美女一级毛片毛片在线播放 | 毛片亚洲毛片亚洲毛片 | 中文国产成人精品久久一 | 久久这里只有精品免费播放 | 国产v欧美v日韩在线观看 | 色视频在线观看免费 | 久久一区二区三区免费 | 一级特级毛片 | 视频一区色眯眯视频在线 | 国内自拍网红在线综合 | 亚洲第一页在线 | 亚洲综合一二三区 | 日韩久久久精品中文字幕 | 色婷婷久久综合中文久久蜜桃 | 美女视频免费黄的 | 精品欧美一区二区三区精品久久 | 精品免费国产 | 免费中文字幕 | 三级网站免费 | 欧美日本在线三级视频 | 亚洲手机在线观看 | 成人午夜网站 | 高清午夜线观看免费 | 精品三级内地国产在线观看 | 国产黄a三级三级三级 | 成人看片免费 | 亚洲精品国产拍拍拍拍拍 | 成人性一级视频在线观看 | 国产一区视频在线 | 亚洲另类在线视频 | 欧美亚洲国产成人综合在线 |