Schweiker's most famous contribution as governor came in July 2002, during the Quecreek Mine disaster in Somerset County, when he personally oversaw the 77-hour operation that saved the lives of nine trapped coal miners from the Quecreek mine.
His best known coverage includes the 1977 Johnstown Flood and the Quecreek Mine Disaster and Rescue.
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Earlier works include Sunnyvale (2000), a personal memoir about growing up in Silicon Valley and the breakdown of his family; The Cyberthief and the Samurai (1996), the story of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick; and Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship and Our Faith (2002), about the Pennsylvania Quecreek Mine Rescue of nine trapped coal miners in 2002, which was a New York Times Best Seller.