WV MINE ACCIDENT

MS3DALE · January 4, 2006

My condolences,thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of the WV. coal mine accident victims.

This mine was not very far from where we all live.

This hits close to home as my Dad was a coal miner for almost 35 years and my Grandfather (His Dad) was also a miner his entire life.

MountaineerTom · January 4, 2006

Same feeling here.

That mine is not too far from where me and Elwood are from. Our dad has been a coal miner for over 35 years, and my father-in-law for many years as well.

plainvanilla · January 4, 2006

My brother in law worked at that mine a few years back.

My parents still live near there.

I feel so bad for those folks....

zippy · January 4, 2006

what happened?

PaulieK · January 4, 2006

That is a terrible tragic accident to be sure. Then the idiot media report that 12 were alive! Can you imagine being those people being told 12 were alive then come to find out the media goofed and it was 12 dead 1 alive? Never the less that mine has been cited a whole shiet load of times for safety violations. I can see the lawyers lining up now!

plainvanilla · January 5, 2006

You know the people who owned the mine had only bought it last fall.

The MSHA officials said that the site has had a history of safety violations, BUT since the new owners took over they have made significant improvments and have been working to get things right.

My parents live about 20 miles away and mom said it was storming like crazy with lightening all around that morning.

If it was a lightening strike, who do you blame? God? I don't think so.

Those men work in a dangerous area everyday and sometimes accidents happen.

I really feel bad for the families left behind without a bread-winner.

Everybody looses in this situation. MSHA will close the mine for sometime to do an investigation, so the other men who worked there will be laid off, at least temperary.

Bad deal...

General Lee 01 · January 5, 2006

The phrase "Totally sucks" would be an understatement. This is a horrible beggining to '06.

Whoever dropped the ball on the communications last night should answer to the victims families themselves.

plainvanilla · January 5, 2006

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Whoever dropped the ball on the communications last night should answer to the victims families themselves.

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appoligize, absolutley, but I don't think anyone there would have done this deliberatly with intent to hurt anyone. A terrible misunderstanding and created chaos like no-one has seen, but, again, non intentional.

when the lawyers start making money, we all lose out.

General Lee 01 · January 5, 2006

Oh, I know that it was indeed a mistake, No one would do such a thing deliberately.

I just feel bad for the company leader that had to break the news. And recieve the families reactions. He's paying for what somebody else messed up on.

Never the less, a horribly sad day in america, no doubt.

Polak · January 5, 2006

While the miscommunication throughout the rescue team was a tragic turn of events, I can say as a first responder that I've seen people soooooo willing to help, they end up clouding or confusing transmissions (radio) with what they wanted to hear.

Now, the real atrocity is that Katie Kouric (sp?), every morning since this tragedy has interviewed one of the kin from each of the deceased to gauge their feelings upon hearing the truth after celebrating the fiction for three hours. Not to say that every other news station isn't doing the same thing, but d**n it! Are there really people out there that want/need to hear the same sad sad story over and over again?

I aplaud the mine GM or CEO or whoever the hell he was for having the balls to aviod further missinformation by waiting for confirmation on the survivor/cassualty count. No reason to upset the families more than once.

After the lawsuits have been settled, I say we line up the ambulance chasing media freaks and have a slap fest.

Over.

P.S. - My condolences to the families.

Elwood · January 9, 2006

One of my former bosses is the nephew of one of the fallen miners. They had him and his dad on CNN the other night and they seemed much more level headed than most I have seen about the miscommunication.

IMO the media made this whole thing a horrible fiasco that it did not need to be. I know it wasn't their fault they were misinformed, but the press conferences before and after the miscommunications had the stupidest questions sometimes. I would love to just take alot of the reporters out and beat them. Half the time Anderson COoper would say things after the press conferences that you clearly see he did not listen to anything anyone had said at or about the press conferences. Man the media pisses me off.