Recovery crews were sent into a coal mine in West Virginia that had recently exploded. They were looking for the 9 bodies that were still in the mine. It's been predicted that those bodies would be recovered at about 4 or 5 p.m today. Obama has pushed an investigation to find the cause of the explosion, but they can't do very extensive studies until all the bodies have been removed. In the mean time, the American flag will be lowered half way at all federal buildings in West Virginia to honor the victims. This has been the worst mine explosion since 1971. 91 minors died in that tragedy and so far 25 have died in this one. The mine hasn't had problems like this before. It's a rather safe place in relation to other mines in our country. Many of the victims work with flammable substances, including coal dust and methane gas. They predict this as a possible cause. The governor of West Virginia has claimed that there needs to be better ventilation in their mines and insert sensors that can prevent gas levels from becoming dangerous. People are going to continue to do all they can to get to the bottom of this.
It seems that mines are much safer than they used to be, but this incident proves to us that they are still very dangerous places to work in. I think the government is reacting to this very positively. Many of the leaders will take action after finding out the cause, I believe. We all need to keep this in the back of our minds and give them our support. We also need to use whatever caused this as a way to prevent this from happening in any other mines in our country. This can be a learning experience for us and hopefully impact us positively in the long run.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/12/west.virginia.mine/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29
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