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A Bitter Saga: The Sago Mine Disaster

NPR | By Frank Langfitt
Published January 7, 2006 at 12:01 PM EST
A makeshift memorial for some of the miners killed in the Sago disaster.
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A makeshift memorial for some of the miners killed in the Sago disaster.

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Frank Langfitt
Frank Langfitt is NPR's London correspondent. He covers the UK and Ireland, as well as stories elsewhere in Europe.
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