I was the first reporter at the scene of a terribly tragic breaking story at Kellingley Colliery where a miner was stuck underground. I stayed there for days to report on this awful incident for every major BBC outlet. A year later - after 12 months of asking - I went down the mine myself to see it first hand before it closed. It's the scariest assignment in my career - and the most fulfilling. To see the effort the miners went to for generations. A few miles from the surface, a potentially very dangerous workplace. This report featured right across the BBC's TV news and I'm very honoured to have been allowed to report from the colliery. I never let the unknown stop me from telling a story.
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