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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Raby and Isabel Keane

Body of trapped worker found inside flooded West Virginia coal mine after he endured 6 days in complete darkness

The Rolling Thunder coal mine near Swiss, in Nicholas County, West Virginia, is seen in this aerial photo on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025 -

The body of a coal miner has been found six days after he got trapped underground in complete darkness in a flooded mine.

The desperate search for foreman Steven Lipscomb began Saturday in southern West Virginia but crews struggled to make entry into the flooded mine.

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