coal miner basketball game

The Ramsbeck mine. – Photo credit: via Daniel Mennerich/Flickr

Family, Fatherhood, Popular

Coal miner shows up covered in soot so son wouldn’t miss his first Kentucky basketball game

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Pictured here: Anita Omary; her son, Osman; and Omary’s close friends – Photo credit: Array

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