Wangjialing Mine Disaster: Warnings Ignored
On March 28, miners in Shanxi Province of northern China broke through the wrong wall and allowed millions of gallons of water from an old shaft to rush through to the workers.
When the incident occurred, 261 workers were located in the mine. Once the people who could escape did so, 153 workers remained trapped within.
Five days later, after pulling out around half of a million gallons of water each day, a sign of life came from the tapping of a pipe. Other signs, including a moving light source, made it obvious that trapped workers were signaling for help.… Continue reading
