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West virginia, this morning. hey, john. >> reporter: good morning, kiran, and we expect to get an update in about a half an hour from governor joe manchin from the progress that theyre making deep underground. i got to tell you, i met a pretty extraordinary person yesterday. her name is pam napper, she is of the mother, the aunt and the sister of miners who were killed in mondays tragic accident. three members of our family were lost. and, boy, does she have a tale to tell about the whole thing....

Happened when he was working the mine. he had only been working it for eight weeks, which struck his mother as being very odd and somewhat indicative that perhaps there were some serious problems with the mine. lets listen to pam napper tell it. >> i was just sitting on the coach that morning, monday. i just felt in my heart and my stomach that something was definitely wrong. >> there were a couple of incidents at the mine where he was sent home? >> yes. >> what happened? >> he got to come home ...

The mining disaster with rescue crews back on their way. at the same time, the mining community is really getting together to support the family members of the miners who perished in monday afternoons blast. last night, there was a prayer vigil about an hour away from here. so many, many people attended. one of the people who they were really rallying around is pam napper. she was extraordinarily touched by this disaster. three members of her family, her son, her brother, and her nephew, were al...

Suffering so much grief and they are willing to accept that. >> this doesnt only happen to the coal mining industry. there is a risk on your job. there is risk everywhere. our families are willing to take the risk. >> reporter: they have faith that every law spun out of these disasters will help to make their loved ones safer. as history that is proven, the best of intentions are never 100%. >> i just think it is never going to be perfect. there is always going to be something that you have to e...

Hundreds of people attended. extraordinary touching. we have been talking to pam napper who lost three members of her family, the strength she has in part for the love she feels. our ed lavandera is here with us this morning. you have been traveling up and down the coal river val sley talking to folks and getting a general sense of what people are going through. what did you find? >> reporter: i find a lot of people on edge waiting for this moment, the closure to find out exactly what has happen...

well have the latest for you. back to you. >> john, thanks so much. you can continue the conversation of todays stories by going to our blog cnn.com/a.m. fix. thats going to do it for us. meantime, the news continues heres "cnn newsroom" with kyra phillips. good morning, everybody. over the next couple hours, were going to talk about what could have been the smoke break from hell. sneaking a cigarette in the airplane lavatory, bad, bad idea in this day and age. the man at the center ...

secretary of state, hillary clinton, as well as the international media from the u.s. and russian side. we are told basically whats going to happen is the two leaders will come out. they are each going to sign about four documents that -- sign off on all of this. they are going to trade the papers back and forth so each side can sign it. then, each president is going to make a statement to the world and each take two questions from the u.s. media and russian media. you can bet there is...

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