''It's love, really.''

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- The sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster thanked friends, family and strangers Thursday for their "thoughts and prayers" upon his release from the hospital almost three months after he was trapped underground in a mine filled with toxic fumes for more than 40 hours.
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His wife, Anna, who stayed with him throughout his recovery, added her own thanks. "Today is another part of our miracle," she said.
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"What I believe is that the people who are there for you tend to create a world where you can get better," McCloy said. "It's love, really."

McCloy is about 5-foot-10 and thin, down from 160 pounds to just 135. His throat still bears a deep purple mark from a long-since-removed feeding tube, but his voice is clear and soft.

He smiles often and seems frustrated only by his limitations, mainly a right arm that remains weak. "My hands, my grip, is not as good as I want it to be, but I'm going to try to exercise and stuff like that," he said.

Anna is providing an incentive. She ordered a present for his 27th birthday on April 14: a red 2006 Mustang to replace the family's Taurus. "I wanted to give him something to work for, to make him really want to push himself," she said. ...