Mr. CHOKWE: When I was a child, I was afraid of the dark.

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Maybe this is because we can all remember when we were afraid of the dark, of the monsters in the closet or under the bed.

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Jimmy Sanchez, the youngest miner at 19, told his girlfriend he is afraid of the dark, confined spaces and the spirits of dead miners -- a harrowing trifecta for a man in his predicament.

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We are unlikely to cease making gods or inventing ceremonies to please them for as long as we are afraid of death, or of the dark, and for as long as we persist in self-centeredness.

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