My grandfather was a miner. My grandmother lived in daily fear of just such an event, and he did narrowly miss being killed in 1926 in the Mossboro Mine disaster in Alabama. He died of black lung before I was born, and Granny always said, "The mines will get you, one way or the other." You're right, Kat. There just ought to be a better way. Prayers for the miners and families will continue.