Mine survivor awakening from coma
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (CNN) -- More than two weeks after surviving a West Virginia coal mine explosion and 40 hours trapped underground, Randal McCloy is awakening from his coma, his neurosurgeon said on Wednesday.

"He is opening his eyes," said Dr. Julian Bailes, chairman of neurosurgery at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. "He has purposeful movements. He responds to his family in slight ways. He moves all extremities."

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Sago Mine Assistance Fund
2207 Washington Street
East Charleston WV 25311
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Miner's road to recovery detours onto Miracle Road

By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Randy McCloy, the lone survivor of the Sago Mine explosion that killed 12 of his co-workers, headed home Thursday on newly named Miracle Road to continue the hard work of recovery.


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