UPDATE: Mountain "Bump" Causes another Cave-in—Three Rescue Workers Killed at Utah Mine
"It just feels like a really hard blow to swallow after all we've been through the last week and a half and everyone trying to hope in their own individual way."
(Huntington, Utah)-Another cave-in during a rescue operation at the mine in Utah brought with it devastating news as three rescuers were killed and 6 injured in what seismologists are calling a "mountain bump"...when shifting ground causes rock to fall from the walls within the mine. (Photo: AP)
The latest cave-in happened at 6:39 PM on Wednesday. There has been no response from the 6 miners involved in the original cave-in on August 6th. It is not known whether they are still alive.
(Aug. 8th)-Rescue crews are working hard to try to reach, or at least provide air for, the six coal miners who were trapped earlier this week when the Utah mine collapsed. An AP report stated, on Thursday, that rescuers are about 500 feet from where the miners are thought to be.
According to a CBN News report, air holes were being drilled from the surface, straight down to where the miners are believed to be, about 1,500 feet underground. If the two vertical holes drilled can reach the men, they would bring much needed air and communication, and food would be able to be sent to them, until the cave-in is cleared and they can be rescued. (AP Photo/Pool/Rick Bowmer)
Al Davis, with the Mine Safety and Health Administration, cautioned that there is no way of knowing if the miners are alive, or if there is air down there.
Meanwhile, family members, friends and co-workers filled the bleachers at the rodeo grounds in Huntington, Wednesday night, as a candlelight vigil was held for the trapped miners.
AP, MyWay News reports that Pastor Sam Wilbanks prayed for their safe return. "Lord, I just pray again for these men that are in that old dark coal," prayed Pastor Wilbanks. "Lord, I just pray tonight that the light of Jesus Christ might shine there tonight, and they might know with all their heart that you are there with them."
During the vigil, attendees each placed a lit candle in the stadium dirt, spelling out the word-"Hope."
