NZ miner saved my missing his bus

[Ashurie]

Have you heard about the New Zealand mine explosion? This one Miner, defiantly, was being watched over by his angels!

YAY! For a good feel news piece

ONE of the men who escaped a coal mine explosion in New Zealand, which has left 29 colleagues trapped underground, would have been with them if not for the fact he missed the bus to work.

Russell Smith, 50, is recovering in his home near Greymouth after being discharged from hospital yesterday, The Press reported.

He was one of two men who escaped from the Pike River Coal mine, at Atarau, 47km northeast of Greymouth, on the western coast of New Zealand’s South Island, after an explosion about 3.30pm local time Friday.

Mr Smith’s wife, Jo, told The Press her husband missed a bus that picked up workers to take them to the mine - forcing him to drive his car to work.

“He’s got a lucky streak, because if he was on the bus he would be with the other miners now,” she said.

Mr Smith said the explosion, which occurred as he drove a loader into the mine to join his colleagues, threw him about like a rag doll.

“I remember seeing the flash, or something, up in front of me. Then it was just like getting sand-blasted and there was an explosion around me,” he said.

"I sank as low down on the seat on the machine as I could to try and escape the blast. My hat was blown off and I couldn’t see where I was.

"It was a very loud explosion, it blew me around like a rag doll,’’ he said.

He was found some time later by fellow miner Daniel Rockhouse, 24, who helped the bewildered Mr Smith out of the mine. Mr Rockhouse’s brother is among the 29 miners still missing underground.

The miners, including 24 New Zealanders, two Australians, two Britons and one South African have been out of contact with mine management since the explosion.

Authorities are refusing to send in rescuers until they are certain conditions are safe inside the mine. Their greatest concern is the explosive atmosphere of the mine.

news.com.au/world/miner-russell-smith-missed-the-bus-says-he-should-have-been-trapped-underground-too/story-e6frfkyi-1225957802550#ixzz15tvdj02q

 

[Ashurie]

My Goodness, what is wrong with people! This is a feel good story, and no comments?

Looks like everyone just likes the negative stories where they can spread their negativity. This makes me sad, I pray for those who are constantly negative…

 

[Morwenna]

Ashurie, I, for one, always enjoy your positive posts

Come on over to this thread. You’ll enjoy it, and you can help add some good things to it:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=514265

 

[rlg94086]

My Goodness, what is wrong with people! This is a feel good story, and no comments?

Looks like everyone just likes the negative stories where they can spread their negativity. This makes me sad, I pray for those who are constantly negative…

Don’t be so negative!

It is good news for the man, and these things usually happen with these events. I have a friend whose daughter decided to stop for a bagel on her way to work on 9/11, so she was on a later subway then she usually took. The buildings collapsed before she arrived at the station.

 

[pinctor]

****Prayers for the 29 still below

 

[rlg94086]

Prayers for the 29 still below

Absolutely!