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Quecreek mine rescuers compare to Chile miners
Joseph Sbaffoni, the director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Mine Safety and Dr. Richard Kunkle, a retired physician who founded the Pennsylvania Special Medical response team, were two responders to the 2002 Quecreek mine incident in Pennsylvania. ON American Morning this morning, they talked to us about their experience in comparison to the Chile miner rescue, and the challenges the rescuers continue to face.
Stay tuned to AM all morning for the latest on the rescue.
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Join us for a supersized edition of “American Morning” while we continue to cover the Chilean mine rescue LIVE starting at 5:00AM ET.
Our guests include:
Dr. George Bonanno, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University and author of "The Other Side of Sadness".
Joe Sbaffoni, Director of Pennsylvania Bureau of Mine Safety. He also coordinated the Quecreek Mine rescue in 2002.
Dr. Richard Kunkle, Founder, Pennsylvania Special Medical Response Team. He also assisted in medical response to Quecreek Mine incident.
Jeff Hart, Field Supervisor, Layne Christensen Co. who drilled the rescue shaft in the mine.
James Stefanic, Operations Manager, Geotec Boyles Bros. He oversaw the drilling of the rescue shaft.
Doctors J.D Polk and Albert Holland, they were part of a four-person team from NASA who went to Copiapo, Chile to help with the rescue effort.
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The Teaser for Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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6:40AM Dennis O’Dell, Safety and Health Administrator, United Mine Workers of America, on what physical, medical and emotional challenges the Chilean miners will face during and after rescue and what precautions are in place for the rescue.
7:40AM David Sirota, Syndicated columnist and Jane Hamsher, Founder, Firedoglake.com, on the growing feeling among the grassroots organizations that helped elect President Obama are disheartened and fear his standing could hurt Democrats as we head into the days following up to the midterm elections.
7:50AM Jacob Mayer, PhD, Director of the Jones Institute Embryology Laboratory and Professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Eastern Virginia Medical School, on a baby boy born from an embryo frozen for almost 20 years. What are the concerns and how far does this push medical science?
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