Mine Disaster in West Virginia 1-2-2006

[Imran Siddiqui]

Dude... that's just wrong.

[Arrian]

Ouch.

-Arrian

[ixnay]

Damn, that sucks.

[Wezil]

What a cruel turn of events.

[Richelieu]

That's horrible.

I worked six months in a mine and i had to get out. Takes a special kind of person to do that kind of work AFAIC.

[Zkribbler]

The fingerpointing is interesting.

Mine officials say a misstatement was made during a cell phone call, which was intercepted and misinterpreted by someone who then passed the "good news" onto the families.

But a family member says that CEO of the mine made the announcement and said he'd be back in a hour with the rescued miners. Three hours later, the families were told that the 12 were not alive but dead.

Another family member is furious because no one from the mining company has yet apologized for the false news.

[Dis]

This is horrible. What an emotional roller coaster for the families. my condolences.

I know I've never been in this situation, so maybe I shouldn't say anything (but you know I will). I am dismayed they are already talking about sueing for millions of dollars.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Dis
I am dismayed they are already talking about sueing for millions of dollars.

Of course they are; now that it is no longer a miracle from God, they don't have a chance at getting on Oprah. Think of the emotional trauma.

[Arrian]

I saw a headline about multiple safety violations at the mine. Maybe management was negligent about safety? If so, there may just be a smigeon of justification for a suit.

-Arrian

[Dis]

but we still don't know the cause of the disaster...

[Arrian]

Oh, I generally agree with you: "lawsuits already? "

We'll see.

-Arrian

[Dis]

Obviously the safety violations are a concern. And the company should pay. You'd think the mining companies would know better by now. *sigh*. They should pay for everything.
But it would be nice if the loved ones could wait till after the funerals to say these things.

[Arrian]

Well, people who just lost their loved ones are not necessarily at their best, you know? And, of course, the media is waiting patiently to print anything that sounds juicy.

-Arrian

[MOBIUS]

Apparently that mine was doing a good impersonation of a Chinese mine as far as its safety record was concerned...

The guy who survived will probably have to move town too.

[Chemical Ollie]

I don't know what really happened, but if you read between the lines you can imagine the rescuers found the miners alive behind the CO barrier they had built. Then they took town the barrier to get them out, and the CO sipped in and killed them.