Community remembrance
Don Capparelli, emotional at times, addresses the crowd during the memorial ceremony for the 51st anniversary of the Sunshine Mine Disaster. Capparelli was a miner at the Sunshine during the time of the fire, but had traded shifts and was not at the mine that day. He joined the rescue efforts in the days that followed.
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Country singer Ron Thompson delivers a stirring rendition of 'Victory in Jesus' to the crowd during the memorial ceremony for the 51st anniversary of the Sunshine Mine Disaster.
BIG CREEK, Idaho – The morning of Tuesday, May 2 marked the 51st anniversary of the disaster that claimed 91 lives at the Sunshine Mine in Silver Valley, Idaho.
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