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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 146
BY REPRESENTATIVE THIERRY
A RESOLUTION
To express the condolences of the House of Representatives upon the deaths of hundreds of
miners in a coal mine explosion in Soma, Turkey.
WHEREAS, on Tuesday, May 14, 2014, an explosion tore through a coal mine in
Soma, Turkey, as more than seven hundred workers prepared for a shift change, and the
ensuing fire cut off electricity to the mine, trapping hundreds almost a mile beneath the
surface; and
WHEREAS, although three hundred eighty-three miners had been rescued by the day
after the explosion, three hundred one deaths have been confirmed, making the Soma mine
explosion the most deadly in Turkey's mining history; and
WHEREAS, tragedies of this magnitude transcend geographical boundaries, and it
is with great sadness for the loved ones of the deceased and injured miners that the House
of Representatives expresses sincere condolences.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby extend deepest sympathies to the relatives and friends
of miners who died in the Soma, Turkey, explosion and does hereby share in the hopes that
peace and comfort will be granted to those who remain.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES