Wednesday, May. 12, 2010
By the time the rescuers get to the main collapse area, their oxygen is almost at its limits. Therefore, little time remains to clean up the collapse.
- AMAN TULEYEV,
- governor of the Siberian region of Kemerovo, where 30 coal miners are buried some 1,600 feet below the surface, nearly a mile from the nearest shaft; the rescue mission continues after the May 8 explosions killed at least 60