Steve Lipscomb was a son, a father, a husband, a Marine , a man of faith, and a coal miner .

Ten days ago, Lipscomb and his crew encountered an unknown pocket of water when a “sudden and substantial” flood sent millions of gallons into the Rolling Thunder Mine. Lipscomb lived up to his life of service, faith, family, and community by ensuring his entire crew made it out safely.

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Officials said that as Lipscomb finished evacuating his crew, rising water filled the shaft so rapidly that he, the last man remaining, had no way out.

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