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An aerial view of the Showalter dairy farm near Bridgewater, Va., is shown Tuesday, July 3, 2007, after the Monday night deaths of four members of the Showalter family and a hired hand in a methane gas poisoning accident. The victims were Scott Showalter, 34, his wife, Phyillis, 33, their two daughters, Shayla, 11, and Christina, 9, as well as Amous Stoltzfus, 24. Rockingham County Sheriff Don Farley said that after the first victim, Scott Showalter, was overcome trying to unclog a pipe in a covered manure pit, left center, the others climbed in one after the other in a frantic rescue attempt. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Michael Reilly)