Family Members Report 12 Trapped Miners Are Alive

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<p>I live in an area, with a percentage of the population working in a very dangerous industry.( fishing) I know friends and relations of friends who have been killed or lost at sea.
Mining is not something I think a lot about- but I just read a book with a miner as a main character, and I sighed with relief that I dont have to worry about anyone I know going down into the bowels of the earth so they can pay their bills.
When I heard about the mine collapse I feared the worst, so I am very happy to hear that 13 miners have been recovered with 12 still alive after spending more than 41 hours underground.</p>

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<p>This is truly a miracle and I am so thankfull for the families involved!!! OMG I still can’t believe it! WooOOHooOO. However sad for the boss who died and sympathy to his family :(</p>

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<p>oh man. what a tragedy. My heart goes out to the families and I really hope the last miner recovers and can tell us what happened. I can’t believe this could happen. A tremendous miscommunication. So sad.</p>

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<p>Terrible. Just terrible. It is really a tragedy that this has happened. I agree with Momof1: hopefully the last miner can tell us what went on in that mine, and what went terribly wrong.</p>

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<p>Sadly, the reports were wrong. 12 miners died, one survived. My heart goes out to those grieving families and community.</p>

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<p>Oh no NSM- that is really tragic- especially after their hopes were raised- so sad :(</p>

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<p>The tragedy is compounded by the companies reckless safety policy. Parts of the mine had been shut down in the past year. My heart goes out to their families and friends. I hope the one survivor is okay.</p>

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<p>I stayed up until 12:30 a.m. watching the jubilation as the families waited for the 12 to be rescued. I wanted to see them all come out of there but just had to go to bed. Then first thing this morning as I drove S to school I heard of the wrong report, that only one was alive and I just couldn’t believe it. Those families must be devastated.</p>

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<p>We also watched as Geraldo Rivera yelled in joy equating it to the pennsylvania mining tragedy where they came out. I couldn’t believe it when my husband called me and told me they were dead. How could such miscommunication happen? it’s just so awful</p>

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<p>man, the media blew this one completely.</p>

<p>The other question is why was this mine functioning… gazillions of safety sitations issued recently.</p>

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<p>From what I understand the safety violations were under the previous owners (International Coal has only owned/operated this mine for 6 weeks) and that great strides had already been made in correcting many of the cited issues. I would expect the company to come to generous settlements with the families to attempt to avoid civil litigation.</p>

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<p>I don’t think it was the media’s fault this time. The president of the coal company said that the rescuers reported to the command center what the command center interpreted to be “12 were found alive” and someone (who WAS that person?) overheard it and called the families from his cellphone. Then they rang the bells and the media picked up on it. The powers that be should have corrected it immediately and kept the families more updated.</p>

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<p>This sounds like more than just one mis-communication. From what the news said, the families were given an hour-by-hour update of how their rescued loved ones were being transported to meet them at the church for a reunion. Who in the world could be that cruel?</p>

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<p>This was just the saddest thing. What a mess. I feel so bad for those families.</p>

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<p>Well, don’t reem me for saying this, but that company had warning and there have been cutbacks federally for mine safety</p>

<p>this was a disastor just waiting to happen</p>

<p>it is so sad that people who are just doing their jobs and who trust their bosses and the company they work for lose their lives so needlessly</p>

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<p>IMO, it is the responsibility of the media to fact check their stories, or make it very clear that they are reporting speculation.</p>

<p>It is, of course, very sad that these people died, but how many other people died yesterday and today who are getting no publicity.</p>

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<p>“IMO, it is the responsibility of the media to fact check their stories, or make it very clear that they are reporting speculation.”</p>

<p>According to AP, shortly after midnight, the W. Va. gov. had told AP that 12 miners were alive. “It’s a miracle. There’s no other explanation. They’re hunkered down,” he said, according to the AP story that I read today.</p>

<p>The AP story saying that 12 miners had been found alive had moved at 11:52 p.m. Around 11:48 p.m. people saying, “They’ve found them. All are alive,” had streamed out of the prayer vigil church. </p>

<p>While I can see that AP should have reported at 11:52 that there were unconfirmed reports that the miners were alive, it seems that when the governor said that the miners were alive, that report should have been credible enough to accept. </p>

<p>If an official source like that makes a statement, the reporters don’t have to go and see the live miners to report the story. If a plane crashes and the airline or FAA spokesperson reports the number of casualties, reporters don’t run out and count the bodies themselves. </p>

<p>What I am wondering about is who was the person who, according to witnesses in the church, grabbed the microphone in the church and said that emergency crews were bringing the men to the church to feed them.</p>

<p>That person sounds like they were mentally ill and delusional or they were deliberately courting attention the way that the callous people did who made up stories about being in phone contact with survivors buried in the the World Trade Center rubble.</p>

<p>I feel so sorry for the miners’ families and communities to have had their hopes torn away so cruely.</p>

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<p>Si instead of focusing on the company that didn’t take care if its workers, we are blaming the media?</p>

<p>Lets get back on point…it the mining company’s faulty, it the governments fault for making regulations laxer, its the bosses fault for not keepng their profit making mine safe</p>

<p>I really feel bad for the family, but to say, well, its the media’s fault they are so sad, is hogwash…</p>

<p>Focus on the cruelty of the compnay, my goodness, you had a couple of people who didn’t do the right thing when it came to reporting or making an annoucnement, but you have a a president, managers, etc of a company that was much colder, crueler and didn’t care enough about their employees to make a safe environment</p>

<p>that is where our anger should lie</p>

<p>As for hopes torn away, yes that was extremeley calous and cruel, but lets use our anger and dismay and talk about companies that don’t follow regulations until forced to and allow their employees to work in even more dangerous conditions than is necessary</p>

<p>Ventilation, removal of dangerous debris, etc- that is what the company was sited for 3 weeks before the explosion</p>

<p>I hate when we blame the wrong people</p>

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<p>Terrible tragedy. </p>

<p>Another chance to jump on industry and government for malfeasance. Let’s wait until we know the details. An inspector could go into your house and find tons of OSHA violations - all minor - but it would make anyone’s home appear to be a death trap (dangerouse chemicals, dangerous staircases, inadequate ventilation). </p>

<p>Lesser tragedy will be the gaggle of lawyers who arrive in West Virginia looking for someone to sue - the coal company, the governor, the State of West Virginia, the Federal Government, Geraldo Rivera, the Media. Hear that sucking sound - it’s the sound of jobs and our economy going down the toilet due to litigation. We can’t even produce vaccines anymore due to the lawyers. Every reputable scientific study finds NO link between autism and mercury in vaccines - yet we have groups, supported by lawyers, looking to BLAME somebody. People overeat, eat things they shouldn’t - let’s blame the food companies. Life is a crapshoot. Things happen.</p>

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<p>This was not a crapshot- there have been numerous sitations and the company knew they had many problems, but hey, whatever, Iguess</p>

<p>Again blame everyone BUT THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE- this was most likely preventable, but why should the company that put those mens lives in danger have any responsiblity at all…guess they should just be let pff the hook cause lifes a crapshot</p>

<p>So if it were up to you, a company should just go about its business and if they are negligent (which the most recent sitations show) well, that’s okay cause they need to make as much money as possible and be damned the people actually doing the work</p>

<p>Have you even read anything about this company, it has more sitations than almost all other mining companies</p>

<p>Tell the families that they should just suck it up and if the company their men worked for was at fault, just deal</p>

<p>And if lawyers don’t go in and do the real investigation, you think the company will be honest, and since government regulations have been relaxed to the determent of people that work hard, well, guess you don’t care</p>

<p>What do you do for a living? My H is a contractor and I think job site safety is extremely important and its up to the bosses to make sure those safety rules are followed </p>

<p>You work in an office, well, say, the ceiling colapses on your head, hey, suck it up</p>

<p>Your kid in school, say the bleachers collapse due to shody work and a company cutting corners, suck it up</p>

<p>My goodness</p>