The Miners: The Lives They Lived

The 13 men who worked together in the Sago Mine depended on friends, family and each other. Here are their stories

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JESSE JONES:
BROTHERS LEFT BEHIND

Jesse and his two brothers followed in their father's footsteps, going to work in the Sago Mine – but brother Owen, who was there when the explosion hit, escaped with his life. "It's going to be hard going back," he says. Avid hunters and fishermen, their last conversation was about a fast-moving deer that got away from Jesse, 44. "He said he stood there like an idiot. We just giggled."