A safety lamp hangs in Beckley, West Virginia. Rescuers are still working to find the four missing coal miners at Upper Big Branch.
(Flickr/Emily Hoyer)
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A safety lamp hangs in Beckley, West Virginia. Rescuers are still working to find the four missing coal miners at Upper Big Branch.
(Flickr/Emily Hoyer)
Alexandra Gutierrez is a reporter based in the Aleutian Islands. She is also former associate web editor of The American Prospect. More by Alexandra Gutierrez
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