Ninety-nine men entered the cold, dark tunnels of the Consolidation Coal Company's No.9 Mine in Farmington, West Virginia, on November 20, 1968. A few moments before 5:30 a.m., the No.9 blew up. This title explains how such a thing could happen - how the coal company and federal and state officials failed to protect the 78 men who died in the mountain.
