(This isn't based of real events btw)
You are a 12 year old kid who surprise surprise! Works in a mine. Your Job is to open the door to enter the mine when empty carts arrive and or full carts need to leave and close it after they entered or left. Easy right? Well you do that in the dark. Your only friend is a canary named Billie (A canary is a type of bird) that canary sings alllll day long... But... If they stop singing... That means there's Gas in the mine so the SECOND you see the canary stop singing you need to alert the other Miners by yelling 'GAS!!' Then you only have a few minutes to get out (about 5 minutes) when that time runs out the mine Explodes. And everyone inside dies with a 0.01% chance of survival.
It was the 02.08 of something in the 1900's and you were doing your Job just now you closed the mine door again and were now in the dark again.... You friend Billie (the bird) is still singing but... He suddenly stops.... THERE'S GAS IN THE MINE!!! WHAT DO YOU DO?!