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Quecreek Mine Rescue Site, It's History!

(2021) PCN takes viewers to the site of the Quecreek Mine Rescue in Somerset County. In 2002, nine miners were rescued after being trapped in the mine for over three days. The rescue effort and miraculous recovery of all nine miners became the focal point of national attention and the site remains a location of fascination and inspiration for many.

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00:20 - >>HI MY NAME IS

00:20 - BILL ARNOLD EYE ON THE FARM

00:22 - HERE WHERE THE QUE CREEK MINE

00:23 - RESCUE TOOK PLACE AND I'D

00:25 - LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE QUE

00:26 - CREEK MINE RESCUE SITE. WE'RE

00:28 - HERE AT THE ACTUAL SPOT WHERE

00:29 - THE 2002 HISTORIC RESCUE

00:32 - TOOK PLACE OF 9 TRAPPED QUE

00:34 - CREEK MINORS. NOW THEY WENT TO

00:36 - WORK ALMOST A MILE AWAY FROM

00:38 - HERE UNDERGROUND AND THIS IS

00:40 - WHERE THEY WERE RESCUED.

00:41 - THIS IS THE ACTUAL SPOT.

00:43 - THIS IS THE FARM WHERE I WAS

00:44 - BORN AND RAISED AND I WAS

00:45 - ACTUALLY PART OF THE RESCUE

00:47 - TURNING THE FIRST EARTH

00:48 - AND HERE IN THE ENTIRE TIME

00:49 - DURING THE RESCUE SO I'D LIKE

00:50 - TO WELCOME YOU AND SHOW YOU

00:52 - AROUND THE RESCUE SITE COME AND

00:53 - JOIN US.

00:55 - IF YOU REMEMBER IN 2002 THERE

00:57 - WERE 9 MEN THAT WERE TRAPPED IN

00:59 - A FLOODED COAL MINE

01:00 - IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO

01:01 - ENGINEER SHOWED UP TO LOCATE A

01:03 - SPOT ABOVE WHERE THEY THOUGHT

01:04 - THE MEN MIGHT BE

01:06 - AND DRONE EXPLORATORY SHAFT

01:07 - DOWN TO SEE IF THEY COULD EVEN

01:08 - FIND THE MIND FROM THE SURFACE

01:10 - THAT HAPPENED TO BE RIGHT HERE

01:11 - ON

01:12 - MY FARM I CAME UP TO SEE WHAT

01:14 - WAS GOING ON AND NEARLY

01:15 - 4 DAYS LATER. WE WERE ABLE TO

01:17 - GET A YELLOW RESCUE CAPSULE

01:19 - DOWN INTO THE MINE THROUGH A

01:21 - HASTILY DRILL SHAFT

01:22 - GET THE GUYS IN THAT CAPSULE

01:24 - AND BRING THEM BACK TO THE

01:25 - SURFACE AND SAFELY BACK TO

01:27 - THEIR FAMILIES. SO SOME OF THE

01:29 - ARTIFACTS WE HAVE HERE AT THE

01:30 - CUE CREEK MINE RESCUE SITES,

01:32 - EDUCATIONAL VISITOR CENTER.

01:34 - OF COURSE WE'VE GOT THE YELLOW

01:35 - RESCUE CAPSULE THAT VERY ICONIC

01:38 - A RESCUE CAPSULE THAT WAS ABLE

01:39 - TO SAVE THE 9 MEN AND BRING

01:41 - THEM SAFELY BACK TO THE

01:42 - SURFACE. WE'VE GOT ALL THE

01:43 - CLOTHES THAT THE GUYS WERE

01:45 - WEARING THEIR LUNCH BOXES, ALL

01:47 - THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT THAT WAS

01:49 - IN THE MINE. WE

01:50 - ALSO HAVE A VERY LARGE

01:52 - COLLECTION OF EDUCATIONAL

01:55 - EXHIBITS FOR OUR YOUNGER

01:56 - AUDIENCES WHO

01:58 - WERE TODDLERS OR MAYBE NOT EVEN

02:00 - BORN WHEN THE RESCUE TOOK

02:01 - PLACE. WE DO A LOT OF SCHOOL

02:02 - TOURS AND WE DO A LOT OF

02:04 - HISTORY TO ABOUT 30% OF WHAT WE

02:06 - DO IS COAL MINING HISTORY.

02:09 - BECAUSE ESPECIALLY FOR

02:10 - YOUNGER AUDIENCES. THEY NEED TO

02:12 - UNDERSTAND THAT COLE IS A VERY

02:14 - BIG PART OF OUR ECONOMY

02:16 - AND THEN IT MAKES SENSE THAT

02:17 - GUYS WOULD BE UNDERGROUND

02:18 - MINING COAL AND GIVE THEMSELVES

02:20 - THE OPPORTUNITY BECOME TRAPPED

02:21 - IN THE FIRST PLACE.

02:24 - SO HERE WE ARE AT

02:25 - THE TIMELINE AND WE'VE GOT SOME

02:27 - VERY INTERESTING ARTIFACTS HERE

02:28 - IN PART OF THIS IT

02:29 - EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY. ONE OF THE

02:32 - REALLY INTERESTING THINGS IS

02:33 - THE ACTUAL PHONE THAT WAS USED

02:35 - BY THE 9 GUYS THAT BECAME

02:36 - TRAPPED TO WAR 9 OTHER

02:39 - INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ALSO IN

02:40 - THE MINE THAT DAY

02:42 - GIVING THEM PRECIOUS SECONDS

02:43 - AND ALLOWING THEM TO ESCAPE THE

02:45 - MINE BEFORE THEY WERE

02:46 - TRAPPED ALSO WE ALSO HAVE THE

02:49 - GPS UNIT THAT LOCATED THE EXACT

02:51 - SPOT 240 FEET ABOVE WHERE THE

02:54 - 9 MEN WERE TO DRILL DOWN AND

02:56 - PROVIDE THEM LIFE-GIVING

02:58 - OXYGEN.

03:00 - AS YOU TRAVEL DOWN THROUGH SOME

03:01 - OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT WAS

03:03 - IN THE MINE, ONE OF THE GUYS

03:05 - MINING HAMMERS

03:07 - THE VIDEOS OF THE MINING

03:09 - TIMELINE OF

03:10 - THE RESCUE. ONE OF THE ONES

03:13 - THAT IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME IS

03:15 - THIS SLEDGEHAMMER THAT

03:16 - SLEDGEHAMMER IS THE ACTUAL

03:18 - HAMMER THAT WE USE TO POUND ON

03:20 - THAT 6 INCH DRILL PIPE

03:22 - THAT WAS PROVIDING LIFE-GIVING

03:23 - OXYGEN TO THE MEN 240 FEET

03:25 - BELOW THE EARTH

03:27 - AND WE WOULD POUND ON THAT PIPE

03:28 - AND THEN LISTEN AND EVERY TIME

03:31 - WE WOULD THE MEN WOULD

03:32 - POUND BACK AND EVERY TIME THEY

03:35 - WOULD THEY WOULD POUND

03:36 - 9 TIMES. WE WERE TAKING THAT TO

03:38 - MEAN THAT THERE WERE 9 MEN

03:40 - STILL ALIVE, TRAPPED 240 FEET

03:43 - BELOW THE EARTH WAITING TO BE

03:44 - RESCUED. SO HERE WE ARE AT

03:47 - THE DIORAMA

03:48 - THIS DOES A GREAT JOB OF

03:49 - EXPLAINING WHAT WAS GOING ON

03:51 - AND SHOWING WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE

03:53 - ON THE SURFACE FOR NEARLY

03:54 - 4 DAYS. WHILE WE DRILLED

03:56 - 240 FEET DOWN TO GET A CAPSULE

03:59 - IN AND GET THE GUYS OUT OF THE

04:01 - MINE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAD

04:02 - NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. WE WERE

04:05 - ENGINEERING ON THE FLY.

04:07 - DRAWING DIAGRAMS IN THE DUST ON

04:09 - THE HOOD OF PICKUPS AND ON THE

04:11 - BACK OF ON PHILIPS

04:13 - OR IN SMALL SPIRAL NOTEBOOKS

04:14 - THAT GUYS WERE CARRYING IN

04:16 - THEIR HIP POCKETS. LITERALLY

04:18 - ENGINEERING IT AS WE WERE

04:19 - GOING. PLANNING AHEAD FOR EVERY

04:22 - POSSIBLE OUTCOME,

04:23 - HAVING 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT

04:25 - SCENARIOS AND HOW WE'RE GOING

04:27 - TO FIX EACH PROBLEM SHOULD IT

04:29 - OCCUR. WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO

04:31 - GET THE GUYS OUT.

04:34 - SO HERE WE ARE AT THE L A

04:35 - RESCUE CAPSULE. THIS 9 FOOT

04:38 - RESCUE CAPSULE WAS ACTUALLY

04:39 - BUILT IN 1970 BY WESTINGHOUSE

04:41 - IN PITTSBURGH. AND IT WAS BUILT

04:43 - FOR EXACTLY THIS TYPE OF

04:45 - RESCUE. BUT INCREDIBLY IT HAD

04:47 - NEVER BEEN USED.

04:48 - IT WAS ACTUALLY STATIONED IN

04:50 - BECKLEY WEST VIRGINIA AT THE

04:51 - MINE SAFETY HEALTH

04:52 - ADMINISTRATION,

04:53 - TRAINING CENTER. WHEN QUE CREEK

04:56 - HAPPENED THEY KNEW IMMEDIATELY

04:58 - THAT THIS CAPSULE WAS GOING TO

04:59 - BE USED AND GOING TO BE

05:01 - NECESSARY TO GET THESE SKIES

05:02 - SAFELY BACK TO THE SURFACE

05:05 - AT ONLY 22 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

05:08 - THE CAPSULE WAS AS LARGE AS IT

05:09 - COULD POSSIBLY BE BECAUSE WE

05:11 - HAD TO DRILL A HOLE DOWN TO GET

05:13 - THIS CAPS A WIN

05:14 - THAT HOLE THAT WAS DRILLED WAS

05:16 - ONLY 26 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

05:18 - SO THE MAXIMUMS

05:20 - DISTANCE THAT WE HAD ON ANY ONE

05:21 - SIDE WAS ONLY 2 INCHES. THE

05:24 - CAPSULE WAS LOWERED DOWN WITH A

05:25 - VERY LARGE CRANE.

05:28 - SAFELY

05:29 - DROPPED INTO THE MINE, THE GUYS

05:31 - WOULD GET INTO THE CAPSULE AND

05:32 - THEN SAFELY BROUGHT BACK UP IT

05:34 - WAS ABOUT A 14 MINUTE TRIP.

05:36 - ROUND TRIP UP TO THE SURFACE

05:39 - FROM THE MINE.

05:40 - AND WE DID THAT 9 TIMES TO GET

05:42 - THE GUYS ALL SAFELY BACK TO

05:43 - THEIR FAMILIES.

05:46 - SO THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS WHAT A

05:47 - TYPICAL COAL MINER WOULD WEAR

05:49 - EVERY DAY WHEN HE GOES TO WORK.

05:51 - ALL OF THE MINERS DONATED

05:53 - PIECES AND PARTS OF THEIR

05:54 - EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING TO MAKE

05:56 - THIS DISPLAY, INCLUDING DENNIS

05:58 - HALLS TOOL BELT AND LUNCH BOX,

06:00 - HARD HATS.

06:05 - ALL OF

06:05 - THE GUYS DONATED SOMETHING FOR

06:08 - THIS EXHIBIT.

06:10 - MUSEUM YOU'LL SEE

06:12 - DISPLAYS WITH SPECIFIC MINING

06:15 - EQUIPMENT N ALL THE CLOTHING

06:17 - THAT THE GUYS WERE WEARING WHEN

06:18 - THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED

06:20 - AS THEY WERE TRAPPED FOR THOSE

06:21 - NEARLY 4 DAYS UNDERGROUND IN A

06:24 - FLOODED COAL MINE.

06:26 - SO IN THIS DISPLAY WE'VE GOT

06:28 - ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING

06:29 - THAT TOM FOY HIS NICKNAME

06:32 - IS TUCKER WAS WEARING IN THE

06:34 - MINE WHEN HE BECAME TRAPPED,

06:35 - INCLUDING HIS LUNCH BOX AND

06:37 - WATER BOTTLE HIS BOOTS. THE

06:40 - PADS COVERALLS LONG

06:42 - JOHNS HIS HARD HAT AND BATTERY.

06:45 - ALSO IN THIS DISPLAY

06:48 - IS ONE OF THE MINE POSTS THAT

06:49 - WASHED OUT OF THE OLD FLOODED

06:51 - MINE THAT BEGAN TO FLOOD THE

06:52 - QUE

06:52 - CREEK MINE. THAT MINE POST IS

06:55 - EXACTLY THE HEIGHT OF THE AREA

06:57 - WHERE THEY WERE WORKING WHEN

06:58 - THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE.

07:00 - IT'S PRETTY AMAZING HOW TIGHT A

07:02 - SPACE THEY WERE IN MOST OF THE

07:04 - TIME DURING THAT ENTRAPMENT.

07:07 - SOME OF THE OTHER ARTIFACTS WE

07:08 - HAVE HERE IN THE MUSEUM ARE

07:09 - GOVERNOR MARK SCHWEIKER SHIRT

07:11 - AND SHOES. EVERYONE REMEMBERS

07:13 - THE GOVERNOR BEING ON

07:15 - TELEVISION GIVING UPDATES TO

07:16 - THE WORLD ABOUT THE RESCUE AND

07:19 - HOW IT WAS GOING.

07:21 - AND FINALLY AFTER SEVERAL DAYS

07:22 - HAVING SHOWED UP WEARING

07:24 - NOTHING BUT THE CLOTHES ON HIS

07:25 - BACK HIS WIFE CALLED HIM AND

07:27 - SAID MARK YOU NEED TO CHANGE

07:28 - YOUR SHIRT. SO HE ACTUALLY WENT

07:30 - AND GOT A DIFFERENT SHIRT, SO

07:31 - WE HAD A DIFFERENT LOOK WHEN HE

07:33 - WAS ON THE NEWS, BUT

07:35 - THE SHIRT AND SHOES THAT HE WAS

07:36 - WEARING MOST OF THE TIME DURING

07:37 - THAT RESCUE IS PROUDLY ON

07:39 - DISPLAY HERE AT THE EDUCATIONAL

07:41 - VISITOR CENTER.

07:43 - SOME OF THE OTHER EXHIBITS THAT

07:44 - WE HAVE HERE ON DISPLAY QUE

07:45 - CREEK ARE SOME OF THE MEDICAL

07:47 - EQUIPMENT THAT WAS USED.

07:49 - THE MEDICAL SIDE OF THIS RESCUE

07:51 - WAS A HUGE PART

07:52 - WITH THE NAVY HERE WITH OVER

07:54 - 90 PERSONNEL FROM NORFOLK,

07:56 - VIRGINIA WHO CAME IN TO

07:58 - VOLUNTEER THEIR NAVAL.

07:59 - MILITARY AND MEDICAL EXPERTISE.

08:03 - WE HAD 2 NAVY SEAL TEAMS.

08:05 - WE HAD NAVY UNDERWATER DIVERS

08:07 - AND UNDERWATER MEDICAL STAFF,

08:09 - EVEN UNDERWATER SURGEONS HERE

08:11 - ON SITE. THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF

08:13 - THE MEDICAL SIDE OF THE RESCUE.

08:15 - WE HAD A HELICOPTER ON THE

08:16 - GROUND 24 HOURS A DAY DURING

08:18 - THE RESCUE AND 9 HELICOPTERS ON

08:21 - STANDBY FROM ALL AROUND THE

08:22 - STATE

08:22 - OF PENNSYLVANIA. TO SAFELY GET

08:25 - THESE GUYS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT

08:26 - ONCE WE GOT THEM OUT OF THE

08:27 - MINE.

08:29 - SO HERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE CALL

08:31 - OUR LIVE PRESENTATION AREA WE

08:33 - DO LARGE GROUP PRESENTATIONS IN

08:35 - THIS AREA

08:36 - ON OUR STAGE WHICH IS DIRECTLY

08:37 - BEHIND ME AND WE CAN HANDLE

08:38 - OVER A 100 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME.

08:41 - WE VERY OFTEN GET MOTORCOACHES

08:43 - VISITING THE RESCUE SITE AND

08:44 - SOMETIMES 2 OR 3 MOTORCOACHES

08:46 - TRAVELING TOGETHER AND WE CAN

08:48 - DO THEM IN THIS SPACE.

08:50 - NOW THAT STAGE IS VERY SPECIAL

08:52 - TO US BECAUSE IT WAS

08:53 - CONSTRUCTED ALMOST ENTIRELY OUT

08:55 - OF THE BUILDING COMPONENTS OF

08:56 - THE SITES WILL

08:57 - FIRE HALL. THE CENTRAL FIRE

08:59 - HALL WAS TORN DOWN TO MAKE ROOM

09:00 - FOR A NEW

09:01 - FIRE HALL. BUT THAT OLD

09:03 - ORIGINAL FIRE HALL WAS THE

09:04 - SANCTUARY WERE ALL THE FAMILY

09:06 - MEMBERS OF THE 9 MINERS WERE

09:07 - STAYING THE ENTIRE TIME DURING

09:09 - THE RESCUE TO KEEP THEM SAFELY

09:11 - AWAY FROM THE PRYING EYES OF

09:13 - THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC.

09:15 - AND HERE WE ARE WITH WHAT WE

09:17 - CALL THE DISNEY CAPSULE.

09:18 - THIS CAPSULE WAS ACTUALLY BUILT

09:20 - RIGHT HERE IN SOMERSET FOR THE

09:22 - DISNEY ABC MOVIE THAT WAS DONE

09:24 - CALL THE PENNSYLVANIA MINERS

09:25 - STORY. IT'S A STORY ABOUT THE

09:27 - RESCUE OF THE TRAPPED MINERS

09:29 - AND HOW WE GOT THEM SAFELY BACK

09:31 - TO THEIR FAMILIES.

09:32 - THIS CAPSULE WAS USED IN THE

09:34 - FILMING OF THAT MOVIE AND IT'S

09:35 - NOW ON PERMANENT DISPLAY HERE

09:37 - AT THE CUE CREEK MINE RESCUE

09:38 - SITE.

09:40 - SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL SITE

09:42 - WHERE THE 9 MEN WERE RESCUED.

09:44 - BACK IN 2002 THERE WERE

09:46 - HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HERE.

09:47 - NOW 4 DAYS EARLIER, THE FIRST

09:50 - THING WE DID WAS SET UP

09:52 - THAT SIX-INCH AIR SHAFT

09:53 - DIRECTLY BEHIND ME.

09:55 - AFTER NEARLY 4 DAYS OF WORKING

09:56 - VERY HARD WITH HUNDREDS 100'S

09:58 - OF PEOPLE. THIS IS THE SHOW

10:00 - AFTER THE MEN WERE RAISED BACK

10:02 - TO THE SURFACE.

10:03 - I REMEMBER I WAS STANDING RIGHT

10:04 - OVER HERE ON IRAQ WATCHING EACH

10:06 - ONE OF THE GUYS COME UP

10:08 - AND EACH TIME THE CAPSULE WOULD

10:09 - COME TO THE SURFACE. I FELT A

10:10 - HUGE SENSE OF RELIEF.

10:12 - BUT I WASN'T DONE AND TO ALL 9

10:14 - GUYS WERE SAFELY BACK TO THEIR

10:16 - FAMILIES.

10:18 - DIRECTLY BEHIND ME IS ONE OF

10:20 - THE THINGS HERE AT THE RESCUE

10:21 - SITE THAT WITH ACTUALLY CALL

10:22 - OUR SQUEEZE BOX.

10:24 - MOST OF OUR YOUNGER VISITORS

10:26 - REALLY ENJOY GOING THROUGH THIS

10:28 - AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE

10:29 - CREATED ON A MUCH SMALLER

10:30 - SCALE.

10:31 - >>A MOCK-UP OF THE MINE

10:33 - NOW THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT

10:34 - THIS BOX DIRECTLY BEHIND ME IS

10:36 - IT HAS A 40 INCH ROOF.

10:38 - THAT'S THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF

10:39 - THE COAL SEAM IN THIS MINE SO

10:42 - THERE ARE PLACES WHERE IT'S UP

10:43 - TO 5 FEET AND THE GUYS CALL

10:45 - THAT GRAVY THERE ARE ALSO

10:46 - PLACES IN THIS MINE WHERE IT'S

10:48 - DOWN TO 32 INCHES AND THEY CALL

10:50 - THAT WORK.

10:51 - BUT THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE

10:52 - CEILING IN THIS MINE IS AROUND

10:53 - 40 INCHES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE

10:55 - RECREATED HERE.

10:58 - NOW THIS GIANT APPARATUS BEHIND

11:00 - ME IS WHAT WE CALL THE AIR

11:01 - LOCK. THIS WAS WHAT WE WERE

11:02 - CALLING PART OF PLAN B

11:04 - IF WE COULDN'T HAVE PUMP THE

11:06 - WATER OUT TO WHERE THE GUYS

11:08 - WORKED TO RESCUE THEM. THE WAY

11:09 - WE DID WE WOULD HAVE USED THE

11:11 - AIR LOCK AS PART OF A

11:13 - WAY TO HOLD THAT WATER BACK

11:16 - WITH AIR PRESSURE

11:17 - WE WOULD HAVE ASSEMBLED THE

11:18 - AIRLOCK ON TOP OF THE RESCUE

11:20 - SHAFT AND PUMPED IT FULL OF AIR

11:23 - PUT THE RESCUE CAPSULE INSIDE

11:24 - THE AIRLOCK AND DROPPED IT DOWN

11:26 - 9 TIMES TO BRING THE GUYS

11:28 - UP SAFELY. THE WHOLE TIME WE

11:30 - WERE DOING IT UNDER

11:31 - AIR PRESSURE VERY MUCH LIKE THE

11:33 - NAVY SEALS THAT WERE HERE TOLD

11:35 - US THEY DO

11:37 - SIMILAR TECHNIQUES IN A

11:38 - SUBMARINE RESCUE. THEY WERE

11:40 - HERE HELPED DESIGN THIS I

11:42 - ACTUALLY HELPED WITH THE

11:43 - CONSTRUCTION OF IT, IT'S HERE

11:44 - ON SITE AT THE RESCUE SITE FOR

11:46 - YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE. PART OF

11:48 - PLAN B.

11:51 - SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL DRILL BIT

11:53 - THAT CUT THROUGH AND ALLOWED US

11:55 - TO CONTINUE THE DRILLING

11:56 - OPERATIONS WHEN WE BROKE A

11:58 - DRILL BIT. WE'RE BROKE DOWN FOR

11:59 - 18 HOURS.

12:01 - WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO GET

12:03 - THAT BROKEN DRILL BIT OUT AND

12:04 - REPLACE IT WITH THIS ACTUAL

12:06 - 26 INCH BIT. KEYSTONE

12:08 - DRILL SERVICE, THE LARGEST

12:10 - INGERSOLL RAND DEALER ON THE

12:12 - EAST COAST WAS ONLY 3 MILES

12:14 - AWAY. AND WHEN THEY KNEW WE

12:15 - NEEDED A DRILL BIT.

12:17 - THEY GRACIOUSLY BROUGHT THIS

12:18 - BIT AND THIS IS THE BIT THAT

12:19 - ACTUALLY CUT THROUGH INTO THE

12:21 - MINE. NOW THIS BIT WAS USED TO

12:23 - DRILL MANY MANY HOLES

12:24 - AFTER THAT AND THEN IT WAS

12:25 - GRACIOUSLY DONATED TO BE ON

12:27 - PERMANENT DISPLAY HERE AT THE

12:28 - RESCUE SITE BY KEITH STONE GIRL

12:30 - SERVICE.

12:32 - THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE

12:33 - ARTIFACTS THAT WE HAVE ON

12:34 - PERMANENT DISPLAY HERE AT THE

12:35 - RESCUE SITE. THIS IS ONE OF THE

12:37 - ACTUAL VANS.

12:39 - NOW THERE WERE DOZENS AND

12:40 - DOZENS OF NEWS VANS AND MEDIA.

12:43 - ALL STATION

12:44 - AND AN OLD ABANDONED GIANT

12:46 - EAGLE BUILDING ABOUT 3 MILES

12:47 - FROM HERE. THAT WAS DONE TO

12:49 - KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE RESCUE

12:50 - SITE SO WE CAN WORK EFFECTIVELY

12:52 - AND KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE

12:53 - FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE 3 MILES

12:55 - IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AT

12:57 - THE SIDE SO FIRE HALL.

12:59 - AFTER THE RESCUE ALL THOSE NEWS

13:01 - VANS WERE REPORTING THAT ALL

13:02 - THE GUYS WERE SAFELY BACK TO

13:03 - THEIR FAMILIES AND EVENTUALLY

13:05 - THIS FAN WAS DONATED TO US HERE

13:07 - AT THE RESCUE SITE. AND IT'S

13:08 - NOW ALSO ON PERMANENT DISPLAY

13:10 - HERE.

13:11 - SO THAT'S A QUICK TOUR OF THE

13:12 - VISITOR CENTER AND THE AREA

13:14 - HERE AT THE CUE CREEK MINE

13:15 - RESCUE. WE HOPE THAT YOU COME

13:17 - AND SEE US IN PERSON SOMEDAY

13:19 - YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK US OUT ON

13:20 - OUR WEBSITE AT WWW 0.9 FOR

13:24 - 9 DOT ORG. YOU CAN WATCH THE

13:27 - WEBSITE FOR WHEN MOTOR COACHES

13:29 - ARE COMING IN AND BE PART OF

13:30 - THAT GROUP PRESENTATION.

13:31 - YOU CAN COME ON YOUR OWN AND

13:33 - HAVE A PERSONAL TOUR. ANY TIME

13:35 - HERE THE QUE CREEK MINE RESCUE

13:36 - SITE. THANKS SO MUCH AND WE

13:37 - HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.


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