After World's Media Depart, Turkey's Mine Victims Still In Need
Posted: 07/16/2014 3:30 pm EDT Updated: 07/16/2014 3:59 pm EDT
The unassuming town of Soma, in Turkey's western Aegean region, was suddenly catapulted into the world's media in May, with a shocking mining disaster.
Fire raged unstoppably through Soma's aging coalmine after an electrical explosion. Rescuers made frantic efforts for four days to save hundreds of miners feared trapped underground. In the end, a total of 301 people lay dead, and many more were injured.
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