What the records say
- When
- 2002
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 40.08° N, 79.09° W
- Description
- 2002 mine collapse and rescue in Pensylvania, U.S.
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Quecreek Mine rescue
2002 rescue operation in Pennsylvania, US
The Quecreek Mine rescue took place in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, when nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours, from July 24 to 28, 2002. All nine miners were rescued.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nine American miners have been rescued from the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania, after frantic drilling by rescuers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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