Wrong Again

Yep, I sure had that screwed up, didn't I? Me and everyone else. How the misinformation could have gotten soooo far for sooo long, I have no idea. But the miscommunication must have made a horrible tragedy even worse for the families and friends and the entire community of those courageous miners. Courageous? Of course. Apparently, in their final hours, they had done everything they were suppose to do to save themselves. And, at the end, did they still have hope of rescue or did they know it was over. It is just so sad. For them. For their families and friends. And, yes, even for those jounalists covering the story. Everyone, at a time when hope was almost lost, at a time when weariness had blended with fear, had rejoiced at the wonderful news that their loved ones were alive.....a miracle. Only to learn, hours later, that it had been a mistake. And that is when the weariness and the fear had grown into a real anger. Hope was gone, replaced by grief and unknowing and how could this happen, oh lord. In a day and age when communication technology is at an almost unbelievable high, a very big (yet tiny) miscommunication had occurred. Everyone wanted to hear that piece of good news and they heard it, even when they didn't.