Hope we never lose that flame

THEY say it’s the hope that kills you… but it’s also what fuels you.

Back in 2011, when I was a roving reporter for this newspaper, I was sent to a tiny village in Wales after reports four miners were trapped.

After routine blasting at Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll, water flooded a tunnel where seven men were working.

Three made it to safety but the rest were stuck.

Driving up there I felt trepidation, hoping I was about to witness a miracle.

Tragically, by the time I arrived, news had broken that Charles Breslin, David Powell, Phillip Hill and Garry Jenkins had lost their lives.

It reminds me of the drama deep in the Atlantic this week.