In just under three weeks it appears that we have another coal mining tragedy in the making...
As of this time, two men are still missing after a fire started on a conveyor belt deep within the The Alma 1 mine in Melville WV, about 60 miles southwest of Charleston. The governor, Joe Manchin said the "odds are getting a bit long" but hope still holds out for the two missing men.
Let's say a small prayer for these two men to be returned safely to their loved ones.
Now for a little bizarre news...
The body of Eugene Reilly, 64, was discovered shortly after 7 AM Thursday in the last car of the Q subway train in the 14th Street-Union Square station. There were no signs of foul play or injuries, and an autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause and time of death.
Reilly, a Postal Service employee, typically worked a 4 PM to 12:30 AM shift as a mail handler in midtown Manhattan. If Reilly left work at the usual time and died during the 35-minute trip home to Brooklyn, then his body could have been on the train for more than six hours before being noticed.
Talk about being invisible... I sure as shit would hope that someone notices if I died on a subway... But with my luck it would be someone mugging me... Truth is definitely stranger than fiction.
Copyright 2006 Thomas J Wolfenden
As of this time, two men are still missing after a fire started on a conveyor belt deep within the The Alma 1 mine in Melville WV, about 60 miles southwest of Charleston. The governor, Joe Manchin said the "odds are getting a bit long" but hope still holds out for the two missing men.
Let's say a small prayer for these two men to be returned safely to their loved ones.
Now for a little bizarre news...
The body of Eugene Reilly, 64, was discovered shortly after 7 AM Thursday in the last car of the Q subway train in the 14th Street-Union Square station. There were no signs of foul play or injuries, and an autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause and time of death.
Reilly, a Postal Service employee, typically worked a 4 PM to 12:30 AM shift as a mail handler in midtown Manhattan. If Reilly left work at the usual time and died during the 35-minute trip home to Brooklyn, then his body could have been on the train for more than six hours before being noticed.
Talk about being invisible... I sure as shit would hope that someone notices if I died on a subway... But with my luck it would be someone mugging me... Truth is definitely stranger than fiction.
Copyright 2006 Thomas J Wolfenden
3 comments:
I heard about the mining accident last night on the news . . .
Sad stuff.
Six hours?
Wouldn't he start to smell?
I'm always afraid I will kill myself going down our basement stairs just after the hubby goes to work for night shift. I would NOT be found till the following morning when he got home--12 hours later.
My thoughts and prayers are with those poor families. So very sad.
How very sad.
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