♪ Oh my ♪
♪ Soul is still the mine ♪
♪ That old Devil got a hold on me ♪
♪ Two miles down and the blind can't see ♪
♪ Yes it's this ♪
♪ Mountain deep ♪
♪ And I'll dead from methane be ♪
♪ And me, I'll dead from methane be ♪
What do you need?
Hey, it's startin' to get shaky back here!
Ain't sure how much longer she's gonna hold!
Don't worry, hold the work.
Just now.
Shit.
Hey, we got methane.
Tell Johnny to shut down the fire safes.
All hands makin' a wind curtain, let's go.
Methane, methane, let's go, boys!
- Move, now, move, move. - The man trip is down.
The man trip is down.
Get that curtain set up!
It's comin', I can smell it.
I got it, I got it, got it, got it, got it.
- Where'd ya get it? - I don't know.
The damn thing won't go.
We ain't got time.
Let's go, come on.
- Give it away. - Tack it.
- Look over there. - Tack it.
- Pull it tight. - Tack it!
- Almost. - Hold it up.
- Get it up, get it up. - Get the left side.
Go, go, go, go there on the left.
- Keep goin'. - Watch your head.
- Hold onto it. - You gotta get it
- up there, Kenny. - Shit.
Come on, get that side, get that up.
I got this, you get down there now.
I got this, you get down there, go!
- Go, go, go, go! - All right, we've got one.
Do it from inside.
All right.
All right, you taut, everybody good?
All right, nice job, fellas.
We good?
Ah, our Father.
Air velocity is...
- Lord in heaven. - Now it's comin' up.
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on Earth as it is in heaven.
- Good job, John, good job. - Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom, Earth.
Give us this daily bread and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass
against us.
Lead us not into temptation.
For thine is the power
and the glory forever, amen.
It's all good.
Boys, we're sittin' here talkin' in circles.
Ain't none of us really come up with somethin'.
We gotta figure it out.
Well I say we go.
It ain't nothin' but free heat's the way I look at it.
And I don't give a good goddamn
what my brother finds down there.
Excuse me, John.
Yeah.
Paycheck's more important than gettin' shut down.
Well we all need to put food on our table, ya know?
My family needs me to work, ya know?
We all do.
Paycheck ain't gon' mean shit if you die
two miles in, Kenny.
Now we are filled up with more methane
than any other mine in this area.
If you call MSHA and they come down
and go down in that fuckin' mine,
they gon' shut us down methane or not.
And what's he gonna do?
Smitty, what are you gon' do?
Tiny, what are you gon' do?
There ain't no fuckin' thing
- to do around here! - That mine is a bomb, Kenny!
And we are all sittin' right in the middle of it!
God's gonna protect us, hm?
God will not protect us in Hell, John.
Now you've all seen it, shift after shift.
It's gettin' worse and worse, bigger and bigger.
Zeke, if I die down below my family's
gonna get insurance.
Me up here without a job?
Hell, man, I'm worthless.
Well, fellas, the sump pump in the section
can't keep up, all right?
And when it fails we're gon' drown.
You wanna add that to the list?
You wanna add that to the raft of shit!
I ain't blowed up or drowned in 15 years.
Now I ain't scared, I ain't tellin' y'all what to be.
What kinda fuckin' logic is that?
Now all in favor of diggin' some coal, say aye.
Aye.
Settled.
Kenny, Ryan shouldn't be goin' down there with us.
You fellas have a nice night.
What my boy does is none of your goddamn business,
big brother.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Easy. - Let it go.
Come on now, look at me.
We voted, all right?
We're goin' back to work.
We're gonna put some food on our tables, all right?
I say we go down, we get us a few drinks,
and since John don't drink, you're buyin', boy.
All right, what do ya say, come on.
- What do ya say, you wanna go? - Ha!
You wanna go.
Come on, Shitty.
Let's go get somethin' to drink!
Ooh!
Who's gonna work, men?
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' in a mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ Gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' in a mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ Gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' in a mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ Gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
I already asked, I need some soda.
Always the grillmeister.
Hey, church lady, I'm sorry I'm late.
How was the service?
Was good.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
You're gonna get coal all over you.
I'm not gonna get coal all over me.
Pastor was askin' about you again, though.
Oh was he?
Mm-hmm.
Askin' after my soul or another donation?
Be nice.
Ya know, I wish you'd let me take this thing off.
All right, honey.
- You're one to talk. - In another life.
Now go, say hi.
Say hello.
Yes, ma'am.
You wanna be a miner?
Eh, ya know what, why don't you study in school
and see how good you can do there?
How's that?
Hey, get outta here, go enjoy your party.
Your party.
Rather see that boy in a football helmet than a hardhat.
Yeah, I agree.
Mornin', Uncle Zeke.
None of that Uncle Zeke stuff
when we're in the mine, understood?
Yes, sir, yeah.
First day underground is not like
your first day in kindergarten.
I hope those boots are waterproof.
That mine goes a hell of a lot deeper underground
than the water table is.
What's the water table again?
It is the lowest point to where the water sits.
It's geology.
- On me, me. - Okay.
Look, the stream is no more than 60 feet deep.
Rivers, lakes, wells, no more 'n 200 feet.
We are cuttin' coal 2,000 feet deep.
We take on water, that's just the way it is.
Okay, I'm so confused.
I told him all that.
I told you three, four times already.
Hey, hey, hey, come on.
I don't wanna hear none of that holier than thou bullshit.
Now don't you make an ass outta me down there today.
'Cause I don't even wanna be here right now
- with you, huh? - Boy.
I'm tired of your shit.
- I pay for your pillow! - I'm tired of you
touchin' me, I'm tired
- of your shit. - Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, you get back here, boy.
Boy!
Hey, 18 all right?
All right?
He is 18.
We was both in the fuckin' war at 18, John.
I know that, Kenny.
Now he's just a boy, and he's got a bit
of your blood in him.
Now go sit down.
What'd I tell you about drinkin'
before your shift, Kenny, huh?
What did I tell you?
- Stop! - Go home.
- Ryan! - What?
You don't have to do this.
Listen, my dad ain't like your parents, Missy, all right?
What don't you understand about this?
I don't have time to sit
in this damn town and wait for you.
And I'm not able to go with you.
I don't even have gas money, ya know?
Happy birthday, Russell.
What do you say, Russell?
Thank you.
Grace.
Hi, Susie.
Hi.
Did you get the call about the reunion?
Yeah.
Are ya goin'?
You have a good day, Teresa.
Hey, Russell.
And I hope you and Salvia
are takin' good care of my husband.
Have a good day.
Shame on you, Daniel, for goin' back down there.
Shame on all of y'all!
I ain't sittin' here another minute.
Russell, get to the car.
Get.
Two hours, fellas, two hours.
♪ He loves guitar ♪
♪ But he's just gone ♪
Teresa, wait up.
What is it?
The sump pump on Nine is on life support.
All right, I'll put in another work order, then.
Work orders don't mean shit around here, Teresa,
everybody knows that.
Hell, we don't even have a mine rescue.
You ain't diggin' enough coal,
so they're forced to make cuts.
Oh that's bullshit.
We dig more goddamn coal than any mine in this area!
My apologies.
But the old works are leakin' more methane
than I've seen in 30 years.
Where's the outside foreman, huh?
He's still sick.
And no replacement?
When those pumps give out, and they will,
then my men are gonna drown two miles in,
unless an ignition burns us up first.
What are you gonna do?
Are you gonna call MSHA?
And what happens if I call MSHA, huh?
What happens when MSHA shows up here?
They're gonna shut us down and we're all screwed.
Is that what you want?
Everyone on your crew starts on time.
Is that understood?
That's understood.
I am well aware that just by makin' this call
I could be shuttin' us down,
and my men are not onboard I want you to know,
but if somethin' were to happen,
we got no mine rescue, we got no outside foreman.
It seems to me that corporate cares more
about their coal reserves and their machinery
than they do about their miners.
All right, well, we will open up a case
first thing Monday morning.
Now I called MSHA to help us today, not on Monday.
I understand, but Mine Safety and Health
is not in the business of shuttin' down
a mine without an investigation.
I got men goin' into that mine tonight, do you understand?
I am fully aware, but it's gonna
have to wait 'til Monday mornin'.
Yes, sir, thank you very much.
All right.
Hey, son.
That's break 23, John.
It's gettin' worse.
Yeah, got it.
Hey, red hat.
Psst, hey, kid.
Your dad ever told about Matt and Ben Fellows?
Naw.
You ain't never told him?
No, he didn't tell me.
Oh hell, they both worked this whole section here
a piece back, good boys.
But since it's your first time goin' underground,
I just thought maybe you should
just know somethin' about 'em.
Why?
Matt and Ben's first eight days underground,
after every single shift, they'd come out here
and said they seen somethin', and it was on the,
what was it, ninth, ninth day?
Ninth day they said Satan appeared
and he said if you ever come back
down here again, boys, you gon' die.
Hey hold up.
Did they come back down?
Hey, Daniel.
- Dad. - He'll tell ya.
Did they come back down?
Daniel'll tell you in a minute, now.
Oh hell, they didn't have a choice.
They have to work, right?
Yeah, but if we just say hey, you know,
make it through what, 10 days?
You're good to go.
Yeah, it's moments like that
you come face to face with God.
Yeah, or Satan himself.
What happened?
Huh?
What happened to 'em?
Do I tell him?
The roof fell and them boys dead.
They're here one second, gone the next.
Cuttin' coal is risky business, son.
Gotta hold your own down here, understood?
Yes, sir.
And that story he told ya
about them boys dyin' what got crushed?
That's a lie, we're just jokin' with ya.
But men do hallucinate, the methane gets to 'em.
Heaven, Hell, angels, demons, I don't know men seen 'em all.
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' on a mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ I'm gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
Ow-ooh, ow, ow, ow, ow, ooh!
Yeah, I was just messin' with ya, boy.
One more time!
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' on a mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ I'm gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
Ow-ooh, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
What number?
Number seven, isn't it?
Hey, Ryan.
Now looky here.
You need to know the escape ways outta here
should anything ever happen.
All right, yeah.
Right, so here's the old works,
North Main, South Main.
Those are the three lines into this place.
Yeah.
Now the primary escape way is the way we just come in
through the entrance track.
- Yeah. - Secondary is up
through the fan house along the conveyor passage.
Belt, the...
The belt that's right here, right here.
That's where the conveyor runs.
All right.
Now, if all else fails, you get your ass right here.
This is the North Main Chamber.
Yes sir, yes sir.
Hey, right here, North Main Chamber.
It's where we got a refuge cache,
which has got air, tools, and whatnot.
Refuge catch?
- Cache. - Cache.
Refuge, your daddy calls it a safety coffin.
Why does he call it a safety coffin?
Safety, well, 'cause the fuckin' thing
is shaped like a damn coffin.
- Right? - Yeah.
And if you need it, you're probably dead already.
But, some shit hit the fan, I guarantee you
they'd call it a refuge cache.
Hey, looky here.
I been doin' this damn near 30 years.
Your family has got almost two centuries underground.
Yeah.
Gon' be fine, son.
- Yeah. - All right.
Now you go over there, have Daniel show you
how to bolt the roof.
Yes, sir.
You wanna shut that off?
Yo, hey.
Shut it off, man.
Shut it off!
Damn.
Hey yo, are we makin' that damn turn yet or what?
No, we still got three full cuts today.
Go to short cuts if ya have to.
And no more rock fallin' through, Rooster.
I don't give a shit about the rocks!
The dust what's gonna kill us!
Yeah, I hear ya.
Tiny, get back there and see
if you can fix that suppression control.
And wet us down before we flame up.
Yes, sir, I'm on it.
Look right here.
What we got here is our plate, all right?
All right, all right, okay.
See this right here?
This what, hey, focus, man.
That's how you get hurt down here.
- All right? - Yeah.
It's what keeps these mines from droppin' on our head.
Straight hole, straight bolt, loose pin set.
Ya got it?
Yeah.
Come on.
Get up!
Nothin' but a shift in the roof, come on.
Get used to it, happens all the time.
- Hey, hey. - Don't wanna die
Take a deep breath, breathe.
Boo!
Everybody all right?
Yeah, that rookie's all right.
Get it fixed.
If you need help, ask for it.
- Hey, Rooster. - Ho!
Get that miner goin'.
Change of plans.
We're goin' down entry one before long.
Hold it!
Ryan, get back to dustin' walls, go on.
Boss, I'm gonna get down to that power station, all right?
All right, well be quick about it.
You hear that?
Y'all can hear that?
Hey, we gotta move.
She's comin' down, boys!
Run, run, out, out, past the rim, go!
Dad!
Everybody, everybody, pass the rim.
Everybody, out past the rim.
Past the rim, move!
Kenny!
Kenny, Kenny, let's go.
You trust it to God.
Come on, go!
Zeke, Zeke!
Daniel!
Judas Priest.
We got ripped through.
Yeah, we got ripped through.
Ryan!
Oh no.
Ryan, Ryan, you all right?
You all right, son?
Did ya get pegged?
Damn.
God saved us.
God saved us, did He?
Well, you go ahead and thank Him
for puttin' us plum in the middle of this shit.
We lost Harper, Tiny.
Miller's dead.
It's okay, son.
Think maybe we should pray for him, then.
Where's Daniel?
I saw Daniel.
It don't look good.
Shit, no.
Hey, you know you killed me, huh?
You know I'm gonna die down here
- because of you? - Hey!
Listen, son, you listen good.
- You keep your shit together. - Knock it off!
- Now or never! - Who knows
which direction that blast came from?
I thought it came from out behind the Mains back there.
Mains is that way.
Kenny's right, Kenny's right.
My back was facin' somewhere, out by the mouth.
I think it came from behind me.
I think whichever way we choose,
we're still a long way from the Mains no matter what.
Yes we are.
- Shit. - All right.
Well let's spread out and find those boys, all right.
And if they didn't make it, then just put 'em together
so that others can find 'em.
And strip 'em of their lights and rescuers,
tools, curtains, anything, anything we can find
to help us get outta here, all right?
Spread out and let's get workin'.
All right.
All right, boys, holler out.
Harper!
- Harper! - Hello?
Help.
Hello?
Help.
Daniel!
Oh, Tiny.
He just had a newborn, James.
Come on.
Oh.
Our Father who art in heaven.
Coal miner, coal miner.
I can get ya home, brother.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on Earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation.
I'm sorry, man.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Us from evil, for thine is the kingdom
and the power and glory.
Forever, amen.
God bless you, Tiny.
Sorry, I'm sorry, buddy.
All right, let's go.
There's more.
What about Daniel and Smitty?
Smitty's right over here behind me.
I suggest ya leave him be.
No.
All right, gather up anything and everything
you can find and put it in the powder bag.
If I'm right about the explosion
and we find the North Main, we can hole up there
and hope that someone arrives.
All right, let's move.
Be careful, fellas.
- All right! - Yeah.
Eh, get the boy.
Come on, boy.
I see ya back 'ere.
Come on.
I found the lifeline.
See that there?
- There we go. - Look at that.
Watch your foot.
Hey, Kenny.
You feel that, Zeke?
What's that?
The fan's still runnin'.
That's a good sign, little brother,
that's a good sign.
Damn it!
Goddamn it, the whole fuckin' panel's caved in.
Well which way now?
Well I guess we gotta find a secondary, John.
Well what if we find an old route
out through the travel road?
Naw, naw, there's a fire down here.
It's surely gon' be burnin' there, by the old works?
Come on.
Oh for God's sake, Kenny.
Goddamn it, really?
We're in a world of shit no matter what.
John.
What?
Don't you dare.
I was there when you got your 10 year chip,
do you remember that?
Yeah.
- You remember that? - Yeah.
Remember how hard fought that was?
Yeah.
We're gon' get outta here.
And then what?
There ya go.
You go ahead, son.
You deserve that.
Fellas, there's somethin' I gotta tell you.
What?
I called MSHA.
Aw!
I told 'em we got no mine rescue,
I told 'em about the methane,
I told 'em about the pumps, I told 'em all of it.
Well then you fuckin' killed us
we don't dig ourselves outta here.
Teresa woulda sent the second shift
down to help dig us out.
You wanna put those boys in danger, too, right?
Is that you?
- Is that what you want? - What do you mean?
What do you mean?
I tell you what it means.
If MSHA knows that we aint' got no mine rescue,
they ain't sendin' no men into a tickin' time bomb.
That's what that means.
What?
By the book, Zeke.
You always gotta be by the fuckin' book.
We voted!
Yeah, we voted.
Now we are down here on our own, fellas.
And if you wanna live, we gotta stick together.
Is that understood, little brother?
John, grab a hold of that lifeline
and you get us back to the Mains, you understand me?
Yes, sir.
Come on, Kenny.
Oh boy.
You just keep movin'.
All right, boys.
Number Nine, can you hear me?
Damn it.
Mine Safety and Health.
Hello, this is Teresa Lang, mine manager at Salvia.
This is an emergency.
Transferrin' now.
Power.
We gotta slow down.
I can't get a breath.
Oh, we got smoke, boys.
Move, we got smoke!
- Go, go, go, go, go! - Go, go!
Let's go, go.
We gotta!
Put up a curtain, get a curtain up.
Get that curtain up!
Pull it tight.
Keep goin'.
Hold it, put that there.
Yes sir, pull it tight, just like that.
Cover that hole, boys, cover that hole.
Ready for the pull.
Get it in there.
Hey, Ryan, grab your hammer.
Looky here, just pound up on the roof post
three times, all right?
Yeah.
Then wait a few seconds, pound again.
Like that over and over.
It's a long shot, but maybe ,
maybe the surface'll hear us.
Right here?
Just right on the plate.
Hold on, wait, wait, listen.
All right, go ahead.
God.
- We need help! - Hey, hey, hey!
- Help! - Come on now, listen, listen.
Save it.
Gonna need every last bit of air.
Very good.
Ryan, Ryan, look at me.
It's okay.
Come on.
Come on!
♪ Miner, coal miner ♪
- Coal miner. - No!
Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan.
- Coal miner. - Just breathe.
Come on, breathe in, breathe out.
- Coal miner. - Breathe.
♪ That you're goin' ♪
♪ You're a coal miner ♪
♪ Coal miner ♪
John!
I don't wanna die down here.
We'll all escape.
James Elroy speakin'.
Mr. Elroy, I'm reportin' a potential
methane ignition underground at Salvia Number Nine.
The power's off and the trackin' is down.
Where did it come from?
It must have started in the old works.
We have no mine rescue team
and the outside foreman is out sick.
I want you to cease all efforts immediately, you hear me?
Not one damn thing.
You stand by.
We will tell you what where and how.
Yes, sir.
Smoke.
All right, come on, put on your rescuers.
Curtain ain't workin'.
I ain't gettin' air in mine.
Mine's not workin'.
Take this one, take this one.
Get that on him.
Breathe, breathe.
- There we go. - All right?
All right, men, listen up.
From this point forward no one takes off their mask.
All right?
No talkin', no nothin'.
That gas can kill you in seconds, all right?
We have less than one hour of oxygen.
One hour?
One hour of air?
It is gettin' evil out here, gentlemen.
One hour, one hour of air.
- Let's move. - One hour.
One hour of air.
And let's live.
One hour, one hour of air.
Phone!
Unit Two to surface.
I repeat, Unit Two to surface.
Come in, surface.
Unit Two, copy.
How many of you are down there?
Four!
- Four miners. - Okay!
I repeat, four miners.
We're on our way to the North Main in the traffic way.
We're 50 breaks up from...
Look out!
It's trapped.
It's wedged.
Pull his leg, get the leg, get the leg, get the leg!
John, it's all right.
- You all right? - Good job, son.
We're gon' get ya out.
I see a man door.
You're all right.
Oh, don't look at it.
Don't look at it.
Ryan, you help John.
Okay, yes sir.
We gotta try to get through the man door.
Kenny.
There was a methane explosion in the Number Nine.
We have four of the nine miners trapped two miles in by.
They more than likely had their rescuers on
for 30 minutes by now.
We can not afford another Long Creek on my watch.
Now we're gon' get those men out of there, Teresa.
I promise you that, all right?
Now do you have any dynamite here?
In the shed, we got six sticks.
All right, good.
Now you keep it right there for now.
Now how far is that communication line gonna get me?
Two miles.
All right, we'll go on in there when it's safe, all right?
They only have 30 minutes of air left.
If we are wrong, we're not gonna lose
just nine men, we're gonna lose 12.
I lost 11 men once when this same thing happened.
Stop, stop!
It's all right, little brother.
You okay, John?
You're okay, John, you're okay.
We got no choice, this is our only way out.
Three, two.
John!
Listen to me.
John's gone.
We got to get through the man door.
It's fillin' up in here.
So listen up.
One, two, three.
You ready?
Okay.
Come on.
Okay, right here, right here, right here.
I got ya, I got ya.
Zeke, Zeke.
I gotcha.
All right, okay.
The water's drainin' outta here.
We gotta keep movin'.
Come on, this is better, we gotta keep movin'.
Where's John, where's John?
- Kenny. - No.
John's gone.
- No! - John's gone.
- He is, come on. - No.
Come on, we gotta move, now.
Go!
Not far, not far.
- We okay? - Man through.
Come on.
One behind the other.
Keep that communication line comin'.
That's it, come on.
That's the approach.
Hey, hold it back there.
12% oxygen, 15% methane.
All right, it's the rescuer cache.
Damn it!
Nothin' but red tags.
Ain't nothin' but red tags.
What's wrong?
It's empty.
No air for us.
Hello?
Hello, Unit Two to the surface.
Hey, can anyone hear me?
Unit Two to the surface, over.
I repeat, Unit Two to the surface.
Move.
- Come on! - Hey.
We need help, hey, we need help.
Anyone, come on.
God!
I think it's dead.
Son, I'm sorry for bringin' you down here.
Just keep breathin'.
Just breathe what you got.
This is everything.
Lie down.
- It's okay. - Dad?
It's okay, just rest.
Oh, just rest.
- Zeke. - Stop.
Stop, stop.
But men do hallucinate when methane gets to 'em.
Heaven, Hell, angels, demons.
I don't know, men seen 'em all.
Zeke.
Zeke, is that you?
Zeke, it's me, Daniel.
Daniel!
Yeah, yeah, it's me, it's me!
What happened?
Got all the way up here to the chamber
and the damn roof fell in on me.
Daniel, we're not gonna be able
to get this wall down.
That's funny, Zeke.
Ya know, I had a dream.
I had a dream that you were gonna
be the one that saved me.
Ya got air over there?
Yeah.
Yeah, I got air, I just,
hey I'm losin' a lot of blood here.
And I can't feel my arm.
We got, I don't know, maybe five, maybe 10 minutes
of air left, Daniel.
Five or 10.
Can you see a phone, Daniel?
I think there's one a few breaks back.
Zeke, I
wanted you to know somethin', man.
You've always been badass.
I need you to do me a favor, man.
I need you to cut this damn arm off
so I can help get us outta here.
Now I know one of you's got a saw, okay?
So you gotta do it.
What?
Daniel, you're not thinkin' clearly.
I'm not gonna lay here and listen
to all you guys die
and watch myself bleed to death
when I know I can get outta here
and at least try to do somethin'!
You gotta do it, man.
All right, when I count to three.
All right, I'ma count to three, okay?
You gotta cut that damn thing off.
- No, hold on. - Heard what he said.
He's our only chance
- for help. - Ryan, he's delusional.
Let me, he's our only chance for help, all right?
And he'll bleed to death first.
Hey, hey.
Wait a minute, man, wait.
Oh dear God, please.
Please get me the heck outta here, please.
Please help me.
Better catch that ball, boy.
You gonna gimme a sticker?
Gimme a sticker for my little boy.
I love you.
Give your mommy a hug for me, all right?
Dad, no.
It's Kenny, ya hear me?
Gon' count to three.
Okay, let's do this on three.
All right, here we go.
One,
two,
three!
Dad!
Just go!
Come on, get up, Uncle Zeke.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Let me see if I can get me out.
Oh, son of a bitch.
Mains, Mains!
We're on our way.
How many of you are down there?
We're trapped!
You gotta blow the rock!
Dynamite, now.
Northeast panel.
Get through the wall.
Dynamite.
Dynamite!
12% oxygen, 18% methane.
Three blinks we'll do another reading.
Keep movin' forward, keep movin' forward.
I am goin' forward.
Mr. Elroy.
Mr. Elroy, do you hear me?
Copy.
Teresa?
You have to blow the wall.
The wall fell and the men are trapped.
I've got dynamite.
I'm followin' your line down now.
No, you stay on the surface.
I'm followin' your line down now.
Gotta go back to the Mains.
Teresa.
I'm here.
I'm all right!
Teresa.
Get it to the northeast terminal.
Get outta here, now.
- Go! - Go!
Northeast terminal.
- Come on. - Go!
- Come here, Kenny. - No.
Kenny.
Tell Grace that my faith was always with her.
Come on.
This is it.
Get the sticks out.
Just need a pound.
Can you hear me?
Anyone in there?
We're gonna blow it in 10 seconds.
Move away from the wall.
10,
nine,
eight,
seven,
six,
five,
four,
three.
We need more time!
♪ Well can't ya hear somebody callin' ♪
♪ Who will go and work a day ♪
♪ While the fields are ripe ♪
♪ And the harvest waiting ♪
♪ Who will bear these sheaves away ♪
♪ Here am I, Lord ♪
Hey.
Hi, thank you so much.
Got a telephone here?
Hello, Grace.
- Kenny. - Hi.
Ma'am, how are you?
- Good, good to see you. - Good to see you.
How are you doin', Daniel?
How you doin' today, huh?
Hey, get back here and gimme a hug.
Hey, Aunt Grace, hey.
Are you eatin' enough?
Yes'm, yeah.
You don't come and see me anymore.
You know, I been real busy since movin' out to the farm.
You warm?
Susie, keepin' you warm?
- Hey. - Hey.
Oh, I appreciate it, I'm good.
Okay.
I'm gon' see my son.
All right then.
Hey, Dad.
- Son. - Yeah.
- You all right? - Yeah.
Everybody, Danny and me wanna thank you so much
for comin' out today.
It's a very special day for us.
Russell's 10th birthday.
I know it's hard, but we will never forget those
who aren't here with us today, those we've lost.
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' on a mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ I'm gonna ask the Lord ♪
God.
♪ To let me come out again ♪
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' in the mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ I'm gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' in the mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ I'm gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' in a mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ Gonna ask the Lord let me come out again ♪
Stevie Looney, about 20 years.
Name's Travice Hurley.
I've got about roughly 7 1/2 years underground.
David Beverly, goin' on 20 years.
Cock, and I've worked the coal mines for 42 years.
My name's Dan Justice and I been coal minin'
for about 45 years.
Patrick Boggs, I been a miner for 13 years.
My name's Nathaniel Stacy.
I been workin' underground for about 10 months now.
My dad was a coal miner.
I followed in his footsteps.
Just a family tradition.
It's in my blood, that's all my dad done.
Like I said, I was raised into it.
It's the lifestyle I was raised in
and I just kinda picked it up myself.
Real coal miners that'll go do it,
take care of the job, do whatever they need to do,
and be right there beside you no matter what,
there's not many of us left.
That's right.
Coal mining is a way of life.
It's in my blood, I love it.
It's a dangerous job, it's a dirty job,
but it pays the bills.
He works seven days a week,
and I work six, and sometimes seven,
and we're here anywhere from 13 to 15 hours a day.
So, not much family life.
You gotta hunt for it to get an hour or two with the family.
Yup.
Absolutely gotta hunt for the time.
It's hard on ya, it's hard on your body.
It takes a beaten.
Time consuming.
You spend more time here than ya do
with your families, mainly.
Ya know, you spend 10, 12 hours a day here.
You might spend a couple hours with your family
and then ya gotta go to bed, get up for the next day.
Those are your best friends under there, ya know.
You work together, you talk together.
You spend more time with them than you do your family.
Ya know, so, you can kinda figure
what kinda bond ya have and what they actually mean to ya.
It don't matter what it is.
They'll be there.
All you gotta do is ask.
That's right.
You holler, somebody's comin'.
He won't be runnin' away from ya, he'll be runnin' to ya.
When I go underground, I know I've got help
if I need help.
They're there.
They don't get mad, they come help me.
I do the same for them.
This is my family.
It's a lot harder than what people think.
Ya know, I mean, you get up,
I know most jobs you work five and six days a week,
but here you're back in a hole probably two, three miles
and you don't know if you're gonna see daylight every day.
You just change the date.
Ya know, a lot of people goes in, works in a buildin',
no worries, no nothin', and underground you never know.
Ya know, anything can happen.
Back where I lived at, UBB blew up.
That wasn't four miles from my house.
29 men got killed.
I knew probably 90% of 'em.
Ya know, I mean, it's just dangerous.
Ya know, everybody gotta watch everybody.
When you start out, you love it or you hate it.
That's really all I know.
He quoted the Bible
from time to time and he said you get to know
the Lord workin' deep in the mine
He raised two good daughters and one fine son.
Any man would be proud of the job he had done.
We had a couple more drinks and I took him home.
And after meeting his wife, I wrote this song.
She talked of the danger deep in the mines,
the grief and the worry all the time.
And the way she talked, I knew he had black lung.
A high price to pay for a job well done.
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' in the mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ I'm gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
I never realized 'til I came to this town
just how many men are workin' under the ground.
And to do what they do, it takes a special breed,
supplyin' our country with the coal we need.
And I'm gonna tell a story throughout the land
about the West Virginia, Carolina coal minin' men.
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' in the mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ I'm gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪
Now I'm not makin' heroes outta men who dig coal,
but neglectin' the mines has taken its toll.
Did you ever see a cave in down at the mine,
with women and children a-waitin' in line?
God only knows what they were thinkin' about
when they sealed the mines for the ones
they couldn't get out.
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ Coal miner, coal miner shinin' your light ♪
♪ Workin' in the mineshaft dark as the night ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do before ya go back in ♪
♪ I'm gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again ♪
♪ Well can't ya hear somebody callin' ♪
♪ Who will go and work a day ♪
♪ While the fields are ripe and the harvest waiting ♪
♪ Who will bear these sheaves away ♪
♪ Here am I ♪
♪ Lord, send me ♪
♪ Oh here am I ♪
♪ Oh Lord, send me ♪
♪ Oh here am I ♪
♪ Lord, send me ♪
♪ Here am I, oh Lord, send me ♪
♪ And though I do not have religion ♪
♪ I don't pray down on my knees ♪
♪ But I believe a song might do some healin' ♪
♪ I believe a tune can bring some peace ♪
♪ And though I do not live for heaven ♪
♪ Like the Bible tells me to ♪
♪ I put my faith into this here music ♪
♪ Won't you come help me carry the tune ♪
♪ Well here am I ♪
♪ Lord send me ♪
♪ Oh, here am I ♪
♪ Oh Lord send me ♪
♪ Oh here am I ♪
♪ Lord, send me ♪
♪ Here am I, oh Lord, send me ♪
♪ Oh here am I ♪
♪ Lord, send me ♪
♪ Here am I, oh Lord send me ♪