Two Sago Mine Workers Commit Suicide

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Two Sago Mine Workers Commit Suicide

Two Workers Involved in Safety Monitoring at Sago Mine
in W.Va. Kill Themselves in Past Month

By VICKI SMITH

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Sep 27, 2006 (AP)— Two miners whose jobs included watching for safety hazards inside the Sago Mine before the deadly explosion last January committed suicide in the past month.

Neither man had been blamed for the disaster that killed 12 of their comrades, and neither one's family has definitively linked the suicides to the accident. But those who knew the men say there is little doubt the tragedy haunted them.

"I'm not sure anybody ever gets over it," said Vickie Boni, the ex-wife of one of them. "You live with it every day."

Both men were working at the Sago Mine on the day of the blast and had been questioned by investigators along with dozens of other witnesses. One former co-worker said at least one of the men felt investigators were treating him as if he had done something wrong...

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