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Back in. there are still slim hopes that four missing miners could be found alive. 25 workers were killed in mondays explosion. thats the worst u.s. mine disaster since 1984. brooke baldwin is standing by in west virginia. shes got the latest. brooke, what do we got? >> reporter: right, ali, you said slim hopes, but still, a lot of people hopeful. we wont know the fate of those four missing miners until, you mentioned it, we hear about the air quality and these rescue teams are able to go in a...

Call. i really dont know. >> all right. great. >> thats mike snelling who runs the surface operations for massey mines. this is some of the video now from one of the two drill sites where theyre drilling in to not only take exhaust out the methane gas in there, but to also allow fresh air in so that rescue crews can go in. there youre seeing the exhaust thats pulling out the fan and the tube thats working pulling out that toxic methane gas out of this massey mine. theyre using a rotary drill, go...