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It's a human interest piece, and an exceptional one at that. It's not every day that dozens of people get trapped roughly half a mile underground, manage to survive for 2 months, then get rescued.
However, people get killed by busses and cars in accidents every day. It's newsworthy, but not major news by any stretch.
This is.
Sorry McSpike, you may disagree but your point is rather invalid. Exceptional tragedies, especially ones that end up having a happy ending, will always get more coverage than everyday occurances like MVA's, even ones where 40 people die.
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