13 coal miners trapped in West Virginia mine
{{date|January  3, 2006}}
[[Image:Map of USA highlighting West Virginia.png|right|US state of West Virginia]]
13 American coal miners were trapped 2 miles (3 kilometers) inside the Sago coal mine in the [[w:United States|US]] state of [[w:West Virginia|West Virginia]]. They were trapped since 6:40 am Eastern, Monday, January 2 following a methane gas explosion which caused the shaft to collapse. Rescue operations have commenced and at last report they were 1,400 feet from the location of the miners.

[[w:Governor of West Virginia|Governor]] [[w:Joe Manchin|Joe Manchin]], who lost an uncle in a 1968 mining disaster is there along with families who held a vigil in the Sago Baptist Church.

==Related stories==
* {{wikinews|title=12 coal miners are found dead, 1 in critical condition, in West Virginia mine|date=January 4, 2006}}
* {{wikinews|title=Coal miners trapped in West Virginia mine|date=January 2, 2006}}

== Sources ==
{{wikipediapar|2006 Sago Mine disaster}} 
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com
|title= West Virginia mine rescue accelerated
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|pub=CNN
|date=January 2-3, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180384,00.html
|title=Rescue Workers 'Discouraged' in Search for Trapped Miners
|author=
|pub=Fox News|
date=January 3, 2006}}

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US state of West Virginia
13 American coal miners were trapped 2 miles (3 kilometers) inside the Sago coal mine in the US state of West Virginia. They were trapped since 6:40 am Eastern, Monday, January 2 following a methane gas explosion which caused the shaft to collapse. Rescue operations have commenced and at last report they were 1,400 feet from the location of the miners.

Governor Joe Manchin, who lost an uncle in a 1968 mining disaster is there along with families who held a vigil in the Sago Baptist Church.

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