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 'All Nine Alive!'
The story of the Quecreek Mine rescue
Proceed to Chapter One
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 'All Nine Alive!'
Staff Reporting and writing
Caroline Abels, Bob Batz, Jr., Michael A. Fuoco, Tom Gibb, John Hayes, L.A. Johnson, Cindi Lash, Steve Levin, Jim McKay, Johnna A. Pro, Milan Simonich, Anita Srikameswaran
A drama that captivated the world for five days ending July 28, 2002 unfolded in bucolic Somerset County, not 13 miles from the horrific end of Sept. 11's Flight 93, where heroism had no witness and death was the only outcome.
This time, heroes were evident above and below the earth's surface, and the outcome lifted a veil of darkness from the trapped miners and, at least for a while, from a world trapped by grim news.
Now the miners are home, Geraldo and his TV crew have moved out, the rescuers are back at their day jobs, investigations have begun, and it might seem that there is nothing more to say.
But, as the following story reveals, what really happened in those desperate hours was more breathtaking than we knew.
Chapter One
The miners
Chapter Two
Somerset and coal
Chapter Three
The breach
Chapter Four
The rescue begins
Chapter Five
Desperate to survive
Chapter Six
The rescue continues
Chapter Seven
The media converges
Chapter Eight
Breakthrough!
Chapter Nine
Up, safe and sound
Chapter Ten
The Aftermath
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