Miners' families want answers in China mine blast (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 11/22/2009 - 11:25pm

Rescuers sits on the railway trolley preparing to enter the site of Saturday's gas explosion for search and rescue at the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009.<br /><br />Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach tens of miners trapped underground Sunday. (AP Photo)AP - Grieving miners' families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.




 

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