Four Trapped Miners

See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14944188

Tragically one of the four men trapped underground in a coal mine near Swansea has died. Condolences to his loved-ones.

I'm interested to see how this event is portrayed by the media in comparison to when a similar tragedy befalls a soldier in Afghanistan. See here for background: http://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2008/07/our-brave-boys.html

There's a HPANWO Forum thread discussing non-Military memorials too: http://hpanwoforum.freeforums.org/are-the-armed-forces-a-religion-t331.html

The only reason fewer miners get injured and killed nowadays is because most of the coal mines in Wales are now closed down.

(Addendum- 19/9/11: All four men perished in the mine. Very sorry to hear that.)