Kentucky coalminer goes viral over picture of him at son’s basketball game

Michael McGuire hurried after work to watch game, still wearing his uniform and covered in soot

Pictures of a Kentucky coalminer and his family went viral after an image shared widely showed the he had rushed straight from a shift in the mine to take his young son to the university's basketball game - so as not to miss the boy's first live basketball experience.

Michael McGuire hurried after work to watch a University of Kentucky scrimmage game with his young son in Pikeville, in the eastern part of the state.