Ben Hatfield
Ben Hatfield
The Sago Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion on January 2, 2006, at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, United States, near the Upshur County seat of Buckhannon. The blast and collapse trapped 13 miners for nearly two days; only one survived. It was the worst mining disaster in the United States since the Jim Walter Resources Mine Disaster in Alabama on September 23, 2001, and the worst disaster in West Virginia since the 1968 Farmington Mine Disaster...
drill received steel
We pounded on the drill steel and received no response. We'll do same.
clinging command people
The families, much like the people working in the command center, are clinging to every hope.
believe examined high increase number standards violations virtually
We believe the high number of violations is attributable to a significant increase in enforcement standards by the MSHA inspectors that examined the mine virtually every day.
believe benefit productive saying
We didn't believe there was any productive benefit of saying there could be one (victim), there could be 12. We have conflicting information.
believe defending focus mine people
Our focus is not on defending records, our focus is on getting people out of there and that's all we want to focus on at this point. We believe the mine was safe.
clearly miracles situation
We are clearly in the situation where we need a miracle. But miracles happen.