Coal Miner | Courtesy: MGN

A massive search operation is underway in West Virginia, where officials say crews are “working around the clock” and continuing “aggressive” efforts to locate a missing coal miner who became trapped in a flooded coal mine on Saturday afternoon.

“There is nothing that we would spare to try to save the life of the miner,” West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey told reporters on Monday.

Morrisey said Monday night that crews had already pumped millions of gallons of water out of the mining complex but had about 2.7 million more to go before rescuers could safely enter it. A simultaneous drilling operation could potentially allow rescuers to reach the miner a different way, the governor said in a statement.

“While estimates from setup and completion vary for each me

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