Roads that are falling apart the but will Congress Respond to the multi billion price tag. Conditions that are making people sick. There is agony in turkey. 270 miners died in an explosion and fire. Violent protests broke out, demonstrators saying that the government is responsible for the disaster. Al jazeeras Andrew Simmons reports. Reporter what was a rescue operation has now become a long running procession. Carrying bodies to the surface. A flight of ambulances no longer waiting for the injured but driving away the dead. This, the somber aftermath of an underground fire, an explosion, point fumes. Every miners worst fear. Now for their families a stunned comprehension at the loss. Rescuers did their level best but most of the miners who died had no means of escape. Hour after hour families waited in grief. Hour after hour, hoping that theyll recognize their loved ones, hoping that theyll be alive but thats a fo a forlornd hope. Its as if people couldnt bring themselves to believe
Monstrous waves, driven by 50 mile-an-hour winds, caused chaos along the west coast yesterday morning and left States workers with a major clean-up operation.