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Miracle Run miners receive hero medals for rescue
Steve Dragovich and Jack Gales of Eastern Associated Coal Corp at Miracle Run were awarded medals of honor by the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association for rescuing fellow miner Ira Hollabough after a roof fall at Federal No. 2 mine on December 14, 1970.
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Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Miracle Run
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Steve Dragovich
Jack Gales
Ira Hollabough
Dragovich
Morgantown
Gales
Borton
United Mine Workers of America
Holmes Association
Hero Awards
Lewis E. Evans
Evans
Charles A. Albright
Cumberland
Ohio
Henry H. George
Keystone
Dragovich and
Hollabough
No. 2
Jeffrey Heliminer
Steve "Redainled
Hollabaugh
UMWA
Federal No. 2