Product Description

On 24th July 2002, two shifts of miners - 18 men in all - entered the Black Wolf Coal Company's Quecreek No 1 Mine, a few miles north-west of the town of Somerset, Pennsylvania. Some seven hours later, nine men were trapped by rapidly rising water in a cavern more than 200 feet below ground, and the nine others, drenched and exhausted, had managed to struggle out to safety. This is the story of a disaster that so nearly claimed those nine lives, and of the heroic efforts of the rescuers who, three days later, finally managed to bring the trapped miners safely back to the surface. It is, too, the account of an unfolding drama, as first Pennsylvania, then all America and finally the world watched and hoped as the rescue was played out in the full glare of the media.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1574913 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-23
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Andrew Morton, a leading investigative writer and the author of worldwide bestsellers about Diana, Princess of Wales and Monica Lewinsky, spent weeks in Pennsylvania, probing behind the scenes to gather the truth underpinning a story that left the world spellbound and uplifted. He has spoken to the miners, family members, engineers, doctors, firemen, churchmen and workers who toiled ceaselessly to rescue these nine men. His book is at once a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the resourcefulness of man, and a gripping, hour-by-hour account of a drama that touched the hearts of millions of people around the world.