Since an explosion trapped 29 miners underground in a remote area of New Zealand, families and friends have anxiously waited news of the rescue. Tami Abdollah reports from Greymouth.
For three days, 29 miners have been trapped underground after an explosion at a coalmine on New Zealand's West Coast.
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For three days, people in the nearby town of Greymouth have anxiously awaited news of the rescue.
For three days, they have worried.
"Greymouth is a very small community, for generations people have been mining in this town," said Phil Goff, a politician who was in Greymouth on Sunday for a briefing by rescue officials. "There won't be anyone in this town who doesn't know somebody in this mine."
"Everybody's in a state of shock and in a state of hiatus because of just not knowing what has happened down there, and that's what's agonizing,...
For three days, 29 miners have been trapped underground after an explosion at a coalmine on New Zealand's West Coast.
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For three days, people in the nearby town of Greymouth have anxiously awaited news of the rescue.
For three days, they have worried.
"Greymouth is a very small community, for generations people have been mining in this town," said Phil Goff, a politician who was in Greymouth on Sunday for a briefing by rescue officials. "There won't be anyone in this town who doesn't know somebody in this mine."
"Everybody's in a state of shock and in a state of hiatus because of just not knowing what has happened down there, and that's what's agonizing,...
- 11/21/2010
- by Tami Abdollah
- The Daily Beast
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