My dad was an underground miner all his working life, he is now retired and living by the beach. I remember Mum worried a lot about him, but that was all he knew, plus he was on permanent night shift, I remember as a kid having to be quiet as Dad slept when we were awake and vice versa.
I live in a predominately mining town, but they are mainly open cut, only a couple of underground mines here, luckily we havent had any major accidents. I hope those two ex miners are enjoying their lives but I bet they still have bad thoughts, dreams etc about the incident, it sounds like they have good family and friends so hopefully they have the support to get them through. I wish them all the best.