Sunday, November 21, 2010

News:Mine rescue becoming 'longer shot', chairman says

Published: 5:42AM Monday November 22, 2010 Source: ONE News/NZPA
The chairman of Pike River Coal says the company remains hopeful of finding the 29 miners alive but concedes that as the days go by it is becoming a "longer shot".

John Dow's comments this morning came after the families of the trapped miners spent an agonising third night waiting for a rescue attempt to start.

Engineers have been working throughout the night on a bore hole, which will collect air samples from near where the miners are thought to be.more here

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