NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.Va. (WVDN) Rescue crews discovered the body of a missing section foreman Thursday morning after days of tireless search efforts in the flooded Rolling Thunder Mine, state officials announced.

Steve Lipscomb, 42, of Elkview, West Virginia, was identified by Governor Patrick Morrissey as the miner who died after being trapped underground during a sudden water inflow on Saturday, Nov. 8. Morrissey delivered the somber news this morning, Thursday, Nov. 13, just over an hour after the mine’s water levels, through the extensive efforts of safety workers, receded enough for teams to safely enter.

“At approximately 7:37 a.m., one of the two-man rescue teams located the body of Mr. Lipscomb,” Morrissey said in a statement. “Denise and I are devastated to learn of this tragic lo

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