Lone mine survivor expecting baby

by Kristin Darguzas (Subscribe to Kristin Darguzas's posts) Aug 31st 2006 10:00AM

Categories: Celeb Kids, Media, That's Entertainment

Headlines come at us so fast and furiously these days: atrocities in the middle east, conjoined twins, natural disasters of devastating proportions. There are new, alarming stories everyday, and sometimes I worry I'm getting de-sensitized. I see so much, it seems, that news rarely sticks with me.

But, for many reasons, the story of the trapped coal minors in Virginia earlier this year stayed with me. I often think of Randy McCloy, the lone survivor of the tragedy. You might remember him as one of the youngest miners, rescued from 260 feet undergrounds, only minutes away from death. I often wonder how it would feel to be the only person who, quite literally, made it out alive.

And now the miracle miner is expecting a new miracle of his own: Randy McCloy and his wife are expecting a baby in the Spring.

This will be the third baby for the couple, and they are understandably very excited.

Heartfelt congratulations to the McCloy family on your wonderful news.

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Amanda. 8-31-2006 @ 12:42PM

***the story of the trapped coal minors in Virginia earlier***

Just to clarify, the miners were trapped in a coal mine in West Virginia- not Virginia.

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