Our Story: 77 Hours Underground

by Quecreek Miners

Nine men trapped with no food or drinking water. In their underground grave the waters were rising and the oxygen vanishing. They faced imminent death from suffocation or drowning. But miraculously, all nine of the miners survived. It took 77 hours to rescue them from a tiny, pitch black chamber of rock, only 3 feet high. This is their terrifying and moving story. The only official story, told in their own voices, with chapters from their wives, girlfriends and mothers who waited up above with increasing desperation. This is a rare, and raw, book. How did these nine men prepare for death What do you think about as the waters rise, as breathing becomes harder and harder... This is a nail biting and life-changing account of a nearly tragic disaster.

Genres: Nonfiction

196 pages, Hardcover

Published February 6, 2003

Reviews

[Suzanne Brayton]

I guess this was a reread. I didn't realize until i was a little ways into the story. But I still could not put it down. It's written in an interview format, where different characters are interviewed throughout the book, telling their point of view at that moment in the story.

It's pretty easy to follow the action in this format, and it really rounds out the story by getting the different points of view, rather than a godlike narrator.

It would be really interesting to hear a followup report ten or twenty years late.

[Lola]

You could feel claustrophobic while reading this book.
Nine miners were trapped in an underground mine for 77 hours.
They were wet, cold, and hungry and were losing hopes of being rescued.
Fortunately, they all made it out alive.

[Jan Tisdale]

I faintly remember reading this book a long time ago and had written it was good.

[Susanne E]

Incredible true story. Well written