Thursday, August 7, 2008

Remembering Crandall Canyon

Please watch the audio slideshow and remember those touched by this tragic event (click on the above photo, or HERE.)



HUNTINGTON — Steve Allred finally has a special place to go near the sealed Crandall Canyon Mine where his brother, Kerry Allred, was entombed in a collapse one year ago.
"It's amazing," Allred said about a new monument dedicated Wednesday at the mine. "It's helping me."

But moving on has been hard.

"I'll never have closure, never," said Allred, a miner for 27 years. (Continue reading related article: Crandall Canyon remembrance)