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It's a busy Saturday... several stories could top the newscast tonight.
There was an explosion and fire overnight at a coal mine in Harlan County Kentucky. 5 miners were killed... only one walked away from the explosion unharmed. It's the latest example of the dangers facing miners. NBC's Rosiland Jordan is on the scene tonight.
Also, the people of New Orleans will choose a new Mayor today. The incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin faces challenger Mitch Landreau in the runoff election. We're not expected to know the results until after the polls close at 9pm. NBC's Martin Savidge is in New Orleans.
From Iraq... word that the Parliament has approved a new goverment. A step forward for a country still struggling to get back on its feet. At the same time, more violence and death to report in Iraq today. NBC's Jim Maceda is in Baghdad.
Our usually vigorous discussion about which story will rise above the others... continues. We hope you will join us later tonight for those stories and more on NBC Nightly News.
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I spent 6 years on a submarine, and the idea of going into a coal mine has always scared the hell out of me.
Who wants to guess which U.S. president relaxed safety standards for his supporters in the mining business?
(Sent May 22, 2006 10:47:47 AM)
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the miners and their families. The Brad Paisley song "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" sums it up:
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You will never leave Harlan alive
Oh, my granddad's dad walked down
Katahrins Mountain
And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
Said, won't you walk with me out of the mouth
Of this holler
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
'Til a man from the Northeast arrived
Waving hundred dollar bills he said I'll pay ya for your minerals
But he never left Harlan alive
Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west
Of Pineville
To a farm where big Richland River winds
I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive
But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for Harlan coal
And sent the money back to granny
But he never left Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You will never leave Harlan alive
Lawrence, Dalton, GA (Sent May 22, 2006 9:12:38 AM)
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