It has been a very difficult time for the people of New Zealand with the horrifying realization that the 29 miners in the Pike River mine, are not going to be heroically rescued. After the whole world cheered the eventual rescue of the miners in Chile, everyone here was desperately hoping for a similar ending to this horrible situation.
This picture was published of The Beehive - the New Zealand 'head office' and where, as you can see, flags flew at half mast for the miners - mostly from New Zealand, but also from Australia, the UK and South Africa.
Similarly, at the rememberance service held at the racecourse in Greymouth, the flags flew at half mast as a sign of respect.
Messages from all over the world were received and some of the most notable, read out at the service - Her Majesty and
The Pope only two of the literally tho
usands received.
usands received. The service was attended by about 3,000 people and was broadcast live on television.
Hearing that one of the lads lost was only 17 years old and that it had been his first day underground was truly heartbreaking and is all the more real to us since it's a year ago this week that we lost Estan, who was also just 17.
Now, it's a question of whether all the efforts to extinguish the raging fire in the mine will be successful so that the teams of guys can get in and retrieve the bodies so that their families can close the chapter and try to move on with their lives.
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