NZ in mourning

摘要

The second last week of November saw tragedy descend on the normally idyllic West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, where an underground explosion killed 29 miners at the Pike River coking coal mine, located halfway between Greymouth and Reefton. The first of two explosions happened on Nov. 19 at 3:50 p.m. local time. It trapped 29 miners underground at least 2.5 km from the portal, but still allowed two dazed men working in a different area from the others to escape to surface.