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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 157
BY SENATOR BROOME
A RESOLUTION
To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the
deaths of hundreds of miners who died as a result of 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 Senate
expresses sincere condolences.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate 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.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE