Update: Randal McCloy Jr.

The sole survivor of the Sago Mine explosion on Jan. 2 that killed 12 other coal miners, Randal McCloy Jr., 26, is making "miraculous" strides, his doctors say. Still undergoing therapy at a rehab center in Morgantown, W.Va., McCloy--brain damaged from inhaling carbon monoxide for more than 40 hours--can walk with help and speaks well enough to ask for hamburgers, says family spokeswoman Aly Goodwin Gregg. McCloy--below, with daughter Isabel before the accident--made his first visit home last week and feasted on ribs. He should be well enough to go home for good in two weeks, says Dr. Julian Bailes. "This...

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