Underground

172 Chinese miners trapped underground.

3 trapped, 3 more killed in Utah trying to rescue them.

3 killed in an Indiana mine shaft.

Do we ever think about miners and the dangers they face every day? Apparently not -- until it kills them.

The last few days an old (and I mean old) Bee Gees song has been going through my mind. The lyrics fit, even though they were written about a mining disaster that happened in 1941. I guess some things never change. And it seems to me that by now - 66 years later - we'd be past this.

In honor of all of those who make their living, daily, in constant danger, underground.

New York Mining Disaster 1941
(by Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb)

In the event of something happening to me,
there is something I would like you all to see.
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew.

Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones.

I keep straining my ears to hear a sound.
Maybe someone is digging underground,
or have they given up and all gone home to bed,
thinking those who once existed must be dead.

Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones.