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The bodies of Billy Ray Daniels and Alvin Nees, the two men who died in a coal preparation plant collapse that happened Tuesday evening, were recovered around 8 p.m. on Friday, according to Jessica "Jesse" Elbouab with Kentucky Emergency Management.
Some experts have said the building collapse in Martin County might be one of the state’s biggest building collapses ever.
The search for the missing worker trapped under layers of rubble after a coal preparation plant collapsed on Tuesday is still a rescue operation.
Gov. Andy Beshear said in a statement Wednesday that “a number of teams” were trying to rescue the two workers.
The project could be the best opportunity locally since the coal mines, one job fair attendee said.