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Sago Mine survivor is a father again
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published April 6, 2007
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Sago Mine survivor Randal McCloy Jr. is a father for the third time, and the first time since he lived through an explosion that killed 12 fellow miners. Anna McCloy gave birth to Isaac Martin McCloy at a Clarksburg hospital Thursday, her father-in-law's birthday. The 6-pound, 5-ounce boy is 19 inches long and was resting comfortably with his mother Thursday afternoon, family spokeswoman Aly Goodwin Gregg said. "He's just beautiful," she said. "He looks just like Randy." McCloy, 27, of Simpson, was the only man on a 13-member crew to survive the Jan. 2, 2006, explosion and prolonged entrapment at the underground coal mine near Buckhannon. McCloy, who was the youngest of the miners, still suffers some vision and hearing impairment, as well as continuing weakness on the right side.
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