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By Stephanie Ho
Washington
04 January 2006

The sole survivor 1 in a coal mining disaster in the U.S. state of West Virginia was the youngest of the 13 miners who were trapped 80 meters underground, following an explosion Monday morning.

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West Virginia First Lady Gayle Manchin, center, escorts Anna McCloy, the wife of Randal McCloy
  

Randal McCloy, 27, may be the most famous man in West Virginia right now. He is the only survivor of a blast two days ago at the Sago Mine.

Mr. McCloy is now being treated at West Virginia University Hospital, where Dr. Larry Roberts told reporters the surviving miner's vital functions are generally stable.

"He couldn't talk because he has a breathing tube in, but squeezing hands and facial expressions when he was talking to his wife," he said.

Initial reports had said 12 of the 13 trapped miners were found alive. The scene became chaotic 2 when celebrating family and friends learned the true situation, that 12 of the miners had actually died.


Ben Hatfield    
  
The mine's owner, International Coal Group, took three hours to correct the error. Chief Executive Officer Ben Hatfield defended the company's actions.

"We made what we believed to be the best decisions, based on the information available, while working under extreme stress or physical exhaustion," he said. "We sincerely regret the manner in which the events unfolded earlier this morning. The occurrences at the Sago Mine over the past couple of days are truly a great tragedy. It is unfortunate and we are saddened that the communication problems we experienced last night only added to the terrible tragedy."

The delay also proved embarrassing for several leading U.S. newspapers, which did not get the corrected information before early editions went to print. As a result, some papers headlined the false report.

From Washington, President Bush expressed his sympathy to the victims of the incident and their families.

"We send our prayers and heartfelt condolences to the loved ones whose hearts are broken," he said. "We ask that the good lord comfort them in their time of need."

White House spokesman Scott McClellan added that the Bush administration has proposed a four-fold increase in fines for violations 3 of Mine Safety and Health Administration regulations.

The International Coal Group's Mr. Hatfield says all of the bodies of the deceased have been identified and removed from the mine. He added that authorities are starting an investigation 4 into the incident.

This is the worst U.S. mining disaster since 2001, when an explosion in Alabama killed 13 people.



n.生存者,残存者,幸存者
  • The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
  • There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
adj.混沌的,一片混乱的,一团糟的
  • Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
  • The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸
  • This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
  • These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
学英语单词
acaryotes
Aerane
age-barred
alamitos
all-purposs instrument
antidemocratic
antifibrillatory
antineurotic
asbestos rope packing
ash jpan damper
bit changer
blue peafowl
Bromus pamiricus
brother of the whip
burke chan.
C.T.C.
cabeco de vide
ceilidh dance
cithole
clydesdale horse
color subcarrier oscillator
colorable graph
complete placenta previa
deletories
denaturating
diadelphy
dickhole
distribution sub-station
do some hard thinking
early-developing
edge following algorithm
EDTCC
exclusive rules
fast valving protection during transient load cutback
film drier
frail type
ganglia (pl. of ganglion)
gerontology
Hans. Pr.
helical xenon-arc lamp
high accuracy data transmission system
highblooded
in arrears of
joined in
kalmurzayev
katted
Ksour Essaf
Lambeg
masem
melilite fasinite
metabolisable
metal symmetric shapes
microdiffusiometer
modern communications technology
monogastric animals with functional cecum
muscovy glass (muscovite)
musculus pectoralis minor
needled structure
negi
not make old bones
Oppenheimer, Julius Robert
orange groups
over modulation capacity
overploughed
panel-panel interference
paraffin motor
parietal craniopagus
plan-based negotiation
Polygonum cospidatum S.et Z.
precondemm
proprietary intellectual property rights
Prunus persica Batsch
puerperal hemorrhage
pure silk
puteaux
Pyrausta nubilalis
pyroelectric camera tube
reference phase
repuite
rumbunctiousness
runtime variable description
scaffling
sea fringe
septal pore cap
shutdown of power plant
skidooed
smallage
snacked
specific lien
standard cubic feet(scf)
starching
stigmatizing stereotype
strongwomen
suckhole
top-ranking
tree clutter
uncans
unresonant system
uranium borohydride
volatilisable
warehouse company
wet cold disease