“Bottom line was that their report was that they found all 12, just one was alive. That's what they said. By the time it got to the group back here at the fresh air base, what they said they heard was that all 12 were found alive.”
“It's not enough to scare the companies to take care of business. A $55 fine for a coal company means nothing when they're making millions upon millions of dollars.”
“Miners are using 20-year old technology - it's been that long. In that stagnant period, the industry kind of died, and very little was being worked on.”
“Right now we feel confident, but I'm sure the people dealing with Katrina felt there were going to be some changes there, and there's not. So who knows?”
