Hope is fading fast

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
23/11/2010 08:14

For the 29 miners traped underground in New Zealand. Now 4 days on and a remote controlled robot has broken down.I hope to God they are as lucky as the miners in Chile and China. Please God let them get out safely.

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
23/11/2010 08:18

Very sad, if it is too dangerous to send in rescue teams it seem very unlikely that any of them can survive.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
23/11/2010 08:40

well said Lilly..............

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
23/11/2010 08:56

It doesn't look good at all.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
23/11/2010 10:37

Thank you very much for your thoughts and wishes, Lilli.



From an appreciative 'Kiwi'.

BoTanica


Joined: 22/12/2009
Posts: 714

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 10:16

Just saw on the news that after a second explosion all the men are now feared dead. So very sad for them all.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 10:38

Just heard that also Botanica. What a very sad day. My thoughts and prayers are now for the families. May they rest in peace.

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:35

It is just horrible. One only hopes they died in the first blast, and quickly.

Two Scots among them also. Just terrible for their loved ones.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:40

Phyl I lived in hope since hearing the news, like you I hope it was quick but to be gassed. My heart goes out to all the relatives and of course now who ever is responsible.Its all been so much now with the other two big ones. Living in Wales we saw a lot of tradgedy with the mining community x

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:53

Phylray message 8. I agree with you.

ronaldo


Joined: 14/11/2007
Posts: 372

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:59

Lilli

May I add my deepest sympathy also.

Ronaldo

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:02

Ronaldo one can only imagine what those poor men went through. Sad day for new zealand x

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:03

It is indeed a sad day.

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:04

not trying to be annoying but when things are in the media it is sad but all the time people die



on average, 146,357 people die each day, 6,098 people die each hour, and 102 people die each minute.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:13

fuk but not in such awful circumstances, it does become a national if not international tragedy

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:17

NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an IED attack in an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, November 24nd.





NATO choppers violate Pak airspace again





http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

ronaldo


Joined: 14/11/2007
Posts: 372

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:37

Fuk whats nato and isaf soldiers got to do with this tragic accident in New zealand. these poor souls had gone to work ! Not fighting a WAR .

Ronaldo

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:39

It's ok ronaldo he left the "f" out of his name.

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:41

sorry you missed my point what the thing was when the media report it , it is news when they do not it is not



but I guess both had "gone to work" soldiers and miners

ronaldo


Joined: 14/11/2007
Posts: 372

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:05

Fukace

I dont want to get to involved in this . But going down a mine to get some coal is slightly different to going to war and killing or getting killed . pugwash thanks for that.

Ronaldo

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:08

Yes I agree with most of the sentiments here. It's sad.........maybe............let's hope???

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:13

msg 20 both get paid both know the risks , not that war is ok , but in a real world you understand the risks .like investments

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:40

R.I.P... each and every one.....

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 15:28

Lilli - yes, I remember the Aberfan disaster when hundreds of kids were buried alive at a school in

S.Wales when a coal slag collapsed on them. The pain is the same when you don't know for sure if

they are dead or alive, and can't get to help them. After the wonderful rescue in Chile and then China

some were hopeful, and it just makes it more poignant. (My maternal grandfather, was a miner for some

time in Yorkshire, and having both legs broken in a mining accident, he left. I never knew him though)

tracer


Joined: 02/06/2010
Posts: 442

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 21:41

http://news.discovery.com/earth/new-zealand-miners-outlook.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1



yesterdays news but still very bad news

chessman2


Joined: 14/07/2009
Posts: 14

Message Posted:
26/11/2010 00:52

In October 1913 in Senghenydd S.Wales (the village where I was born) over 400 miners died in an explosion. Half of the bodies were never recovered. It is the biggest mining disaster in UK history. Every family in the village lost someone. It's one hell of a price to pay for coal. My heart goes out to those in New Zealand.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
26/11/2010 10:20

"Utterly Tragic".,my thoughts are with the Kiwi families, with Christmas just around the corner...so so sorry...