Tapping raises hopes for miners

Faint tapping from 300ft underground has raised hopes that nine Pennsylvania coal miners may still be alive after they became trapped in a flooded shaft.

Tapping raises hopes for miners

Faint tapping from 300ft underground has raised hopes that nine Pennsylvania coal miners may still be alive after they became trapped in a flooded shaft.

The tapping created "a glimmer of hope" that the miners, who were trapped at the Quecreek Mine, are safe.

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