Book
Our story : 77 hours that tested our friendship and our faith / the Quecreek miners as told to Jeff Goodell.
Record details
- ISBN: 1401300553
- Physical Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Hyperion, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Last cut -- Coal country -- World of water -- Going underground -- Battle on the beltway -- Call -- Rescuing Moe -- Building walls -- Sipesville -- Swamped -- How to drown with dignity -- Drilling and pumping -- Roughing it -- We dropped the bit -- Visions of Acosta -- Longest day -- Who wants to go home? -- Born again -- Reunion. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Coal mine accidents > Pennsylvania > Somerset. Bituminous coal industry > Pennsylvania > Somerset. Mine rescue work > Pennsylvania > Somerset. |
Available copies
- 11 of 11 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams PL Sys. - Decatur Branch | 622.89 GOO OUR (Text) | 34207000900382 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexandria-Monroe PL - Alexandria | 363.119 QUE (Text) | 37521529743264 | AMPL Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Butler PL - Butler | 363.11 GOO (Text) | 73174003023756 | Adult: Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cambridge City PL - Cambridge City | 363.11 (Text) | 76893000231774 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Linton PL - Linton | 363.11 GOO (Text) | 30149000736776 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Newton Co PL - Lake Village Memorial Township Library | 363.11 GOODNEL (Text) | 71561000073763 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Noble Co PL - Central (Albion) | 363.11 OUR (Text) | 38131003732426 | NCPLC-Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Princeton PL - Princeton | 363.11 Our Labor (Text) | 30890000326965 | Adult Non-Fiction, Upper Level, Middle Room | Available | - |
| Spencer Co PL - Rockport Main Library | 974.879 Que (Text) | 70741000039526 | Adult Non Fiction | Available | - |
| Starke Co PL - Schricker Main Library (Knox) | 363.11 OUR (Text) | 30032010275326 | ADULT NON-FICTION | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
The nine Pennsylvania coal miners who were trapped underground when waters from a flooded mine swept into the Quecreek mine where they were working recount their ordeal and the rescue efforts that eventually got them out alive. - HARPERCOLL
The nation stopped and held its collective breath as word spread of the plight of the nine Pennsylvania coal miners who where trapped underground for 77 hours. Nine miners were below when water trapped in an adjacent mine burst through the wall of the new mine they were working. As the air grew thinner and the men grew colder, they listened to the water rising around them in the honeycomb of coal veins. Sitting in a small air pocket, the men wrote farewell notes to their families and sealed them in a lunch bucket.On the surface, the rescue effort became hampered when a special drill bit snapped. The drill would lay idle for 14 hours, effectively halting the rescue, as a replacement was brought in. Hope and despondency alternated, as the determined rescue team made progress, then hit setbacks. Below ground, standing in water and chilling temperatures, the men rode the same waves of hope and despair, all in complete darkness.
The successful rescue of the Nine for Nine miners lifted the spirits of an entire nation. Now everyone can hear the complete story of this harrowing accident -- how these men and their families had the strength and bravery it took to survive the incredible ordeal, and of the frantic efforts to save them.
