NBC Nightly News - 2002-07-25
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[0:05] Trap. A race against time to save nine
[0:08] men stuck in a flooded coal mine. How
[0:10] long can they survive?
[0:13] Courtroom drama. Zakarius Mousawi, the
[0:16] so-called 20th hijacker, pleads guilty,
[0:19] then changes his mind. What is he up to?
[0:22] Take the money and run. Congress
[0:25] reaching agreement on a corporate crime
[0:27] bill. But how cozy is the relationship
[0:30] still between lawmakers and big
[0:31] business?
[0:33] And Lifeline, the human growth hormone
[0:36] prescribed for small children, popular
[0:39] among middle-aged Americans. Now,
[0:41] important new information about the
[0:42] possible risks.
[0:47] [music] From NBC News World Headquarters
[0:49] in New York, this is NBC Nightly News
[0:53] with Tom Bro.
[0:55] >> Good evening. In the coal country of
[0:57] southwestern Pennsylvania tonight,
[0:59] families and friends of nine miners are
[1:01] waiting for any sign of good news from a
[1:04] mine shaft where the nine men were
[1:06] trapped last night by a sudden
[1:07] underground flood. The rescue efforts
[1:10] have been going nonstop at the Q Creek
[1:12] mine which is about 55 miles from
[1:14] Pittsburgh. Authorities say tapping
[1:16] sounds have been heard, but they don't
[1:19] want to raise false hopes. NBC's Robert
[1:21] Hager reports tonight from near the mine
[1:23] site. Robert.
[1:25] >> Tom. Rescue workers believe they heard
[1:27] those tapping noises last just before
[1:29] midday today. They say if the miners are
[1:32] alive, they'd be crouched in a 4ft high
[1:34] shaft, 300 ft down, 55° water all around
[1:38] them. And tonight, there's a desperate
[1:40] effort to reach them.
[1:43] This is what it looks like at the scene
[1:44] of this drama tonight as rescue workers
[1:47] drill feverishly to dro