Micheal still gets recognized by strangers as “that famous coal miner” from the viral photo, his wife told the Courier Journal. Easton is now 5 years old and getting into basketball as a player.

For coal miners like Rich Burkholder, a fourth-generation miner, there is no other job they’d rather do. “I’ve been doing this for 22 years, and I love it. My family’s been doing this for many years.