
Could you imagine watching your loved one set off to work one fateful morning non the wiser as to what would take place later that day? Then receiving that phone call to say there has been an explosion and in fact they are trapped inside the mine? I cant even begin to comprehend what that might be like but i know 29 Mens families no that feeling oh to well & i wish things could be different..... The Pike River Mining tragedy is so gut wrenching and those brave men are on my mind all the time. The fact is we all no this should never have happened but now 18months on these Husbands, Brothers, Fathers, Sons, Friends, Grandads are still trapped in that mine and that is so horribly wrong... My heart aches for there families and what they must go through day after day week after week hoping for that chance to get there Men out & give them a proper burial. I remember the exact moment i found out about it and sat sobbing in my lounge in disbelief in Roxby Downs S.A, glued...