Breaking: New Zealand Police Say All 29 Miners Are Dead

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

All 29 trapped New Zealand miners dead: police

(Reuters) - All 29 miners trapped underground in a New Zealand mine for five days are believed to be dead following a second explosion in the Pike River Coal mine, police said on Wednesday.

"It is our belief that no one has survived and everyone will have perished. This is one of the most tragic things I have had to do as a police office," police superintendent Gary Knowles told reporters

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AM75O20101124

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"Dreaming of glory
Miles above the mountains and plains
Free at last"
- Crowded House, New Zealand band

[Odin2005]

1. Damn!

:(

[madrchsod]

2. god has a special place in heaven for miners....

[ncrainbowgrrl]

3. No!

:cry:

[cal04]

4. Second explosion rocks NZ mine

2nd blast in New Zealand mine
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_new_zealand_mine_explosion

Police say there has been a second blast inside the New Zealand mine where 29 workers are missing and that no one could have survived.

Police superintendent Gary Knowles said the second explosion occurred Wednesday afternoon.

Potentially explosive methane gas had been swirling in the Pike River mine since the initial blast last Friday.

Rescuers had been kept from entering the mine by the danger.

:(

[wisteria]

5. May they rest peacefully. This is such a tragic event. n/t

[jannyk]

6. "Mine tragedy: Second blast ends all hope" (nz herald)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10689739

Police say there was a second massive explosion in the Pike River mine today, where 29 miners were trapped.

Superintendent Gary Knowles told the Herald the miners couldn't have survived a blast of that magnitude, which occurred at 2.37pm.

Family members were seen crying as they left a police briefing a short time ago.

"Unfortunately I have to inform the public of New Zealand at 2.37pm today there was another massive explosion underground and based on that explosion no one would have survived," Mr Knowles said.

[geomon666]

7. There has got to be a better way. n/t

[wtmusic]

8. No. More. Coal. nt

[Violet_Crumble]

9. Really sad news n/t

[DesertDiamond]

10. Oh. no. this is just too horrible. Do we really need mines? too dangerous

[Lars77]

11. No global feel-good story on this one :( nt

[Skittles]

12. .

:cry:

[laughingliberal]

13. Sad. Very sad. nt

[proteus_lives]

14. RIP and Godspeed to those 29 men.