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EXCLUSIVE: Teen, mother recount 17-hour coal mine entrapment
Harless tells how she crawled to freedom and led rescuers to diabetic stepfather BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — A 14-year-old girl crawled through an opening “no larger than a rabbit hole” Sunday evening and led rescuers to the passage they widened to save her diabetic stepfather from an abandoned coal mine. Ada Harless…
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Rescuers bring Lovely man out of abandoned mine after stepdaughter escapes
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — Rescuers brought Joey Stevens out of the abandoned Winco Mine on Sunday evening after his 14-year-old stepdaughter crawled through a narrow gap between fallen rocks and escaped to call for help. Stevens, 30, of Lovely, and the girl had been trapped underground since about 2 a.m. after entering…
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Breaking: Man, 14-year-old possibly trapped in old coal mine
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — A Martin County man and a 14-year-old child were reported missing Sunday and possibly trapped inside the old abandoned Winco Mine after failing to return from a night of coon hunting in the Long Branch area of Lovely. Martin County 911 Dispatch received a report that the two…
