The disaster at the Rolling Thunder Mine began like any other shift. Underground work always carried risk, but for men like Steven Lipscomb, danger was simply part of the job. A 42-year-old foreman from Elkview, West Virginia, Steve had spent years protecting the people around him — first as a Marine rifleman, then as a leader in the mining world. On November 8, that instinct to put others first became the final act of his life.
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