It Was A Day To Remember

   Indeed it was. It was January 29, 2006, 72 miners were trapped underground at the Mosaic K-2 Potash mine near Esterhazy after a fire in a pipeline. It took 30 hours for crews to put the fire out, get the smoke cleared and bring several miners who headed for refuge shelters back up.
   There were no injuries. In the aftermath, a lot of attention was paid to the operation, specifically just what had gone right.
   I remember that Sunday night very well. I was working in Regina when I got the call saying the workers were trapped. I went back to the radio station, and stayed there all night providing updates every hour. I also took part in the half-hourly conference calls mine officials held to update us all.
   The story, of course, went international with particular focus from the U.S, where a coal mine fire that happened before the Esterhazy incident killed several miners.
   Everyone was glad to say the least that all the workers at K-2 got out safe and sound.


TTFN