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Deadly Setback in Search for Miners

Rescue workers killed in Crandall Canyon mine

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• Aug. 16: A Crandall mine rescue worker injured after a cave-in at the rescue site in Huntington, Utah, is rushed from a medical helicopter and into a waiting ambulance at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City.
• Aug. 16: Adilene Lerma, center, 10, cries as she and her family members arrive to check on the conditions of her father, Natalio, who is a rescue team member at the Crandall Canyon mine in northwest Huntington, Utah; her father was uninjured.
• Aug. 16: Rich Kulczewski, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Labor, talks to reporters after a cave-in killed rescue workers looking for six trapped miners at the Crandall Canyon mine.
• Aug. 16: Jeff Manley, CEO of Castleview Hospital in Price, Utah, talks with the media following a mine accident at the Crandall Canyon mine.
• Aug. 16: Norma Florez, center left, embraces Maria Lerma as Alejandra Valdez, left, move to embrace near the entrance to the Crandall Canyon mine.
• Aug. 16: Robert Murray, co-owner of the Crandall Canyon mine, gathers his thoughts before answering a question at an afternoon press briefing; later a cave-in killed several rescue workers.
• Aug. 17: Two women console each other in downtown Huntington, Utah.
• Aug. 17: Lori Prince paints a sign for the miners in downtown Huntington, Utah.
• Aug. 17: Richard Strickler, Assistant Secretary of the Dept. of Labor and director of Mine Safety & Health Administration, speaks during a news conference at the entrance to the Crandall Canyon Mine.
• Aug. 17: Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, left, speaks during a news conference at the entrance to the Crandall Canyon Mine.