Sago Mine disaster - 2006-01-03 / 2006-01-04
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[0:00] We have some breaking news. I am with a
[0:01] Red Cross official. Um, your name is
[0:03] Tamilia.
[0:04] >> Tamilia Swagger.
[0:05] >> It began at 900 p.m. when an official
[0:07] from the Red Cross broke the news on CNN
[0:09] that family members had been told one
[0:11] minor was dead. And what did he say to
[0:12] the family members?
[0:13] >> Uh, that they had found one body
[0:15] confirmed dead, but they can't identify
[0:18] him yet.
[0:18] >> What followed was a night of heartbreak
[0:20] and joy followed by even more
[0:22] heartbreak. A night no one here will
[0:25] ever forget. With the air levels that we
[0:27] have to deal with, it's still an uphill
[0:30] battle and it's still the odds are
[0:31] against us. We believe in miracles in
[0:33] West Virginia and we're still hoping for
[0:35] that miracle.
[0:35] >> The governor struck an optimistic note
[0:37] at 10:41 p.m. when news the man trip the
[0:40] miners used was found intact.
[0:46] Optimism [music] turned to elation at
[0:47] 11:49 p.m. when the bells of the Sego
[0:50] Baptist Church rang out.
[0:52] >> They just come out of the box. See, we
[0:53] got 12 lives.
[0:56] We got Mike
[0:57] >> that Where did you Who told you that?
[0:59] >> That just come out of the mouth.
[1:01] >> 12:28 a.m. Randy Kay outside the church
[1:04] received further confirmation from
[1:05] Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capo.
[1:07] >> What can you confirm for us at this
[1:09] hour? We're being told 12 miners alive.
[1:12] 12 miners alive.
[1:13] >> Miners family [music] said they were
[1:14] told the miners would come to the
[1:16] church. That is just extraordinary that
[1:18] they would actually that these miners
[1:19] would be in good enough shape that
[1:21] they'd actually be able to come to the
[1:22] church uh to to gr