you got right here? so you want to follow this life line and escape the mine. little mine fire. you doing okay? >> uh-huh. >> all right. okay. congratulations. you just exited the mine. >> yea! okay. so maybe that only prepared me to escape from a winnebago. but that said, the mines are obviously still an incredibly dangerous place to be. >> training side of it is the key. these miners are well trained, highly skilled. most of them are going to know what to do. >> as far as i know a lot more people were employed as coal miners. >> no question, we are in a economic downturn in the coal industry right now in appalachia. >> and this is the main industry of appalachia? >> it is. with the loss of jobs, it's devastating families and communities. it really affects everybody. we used to be the biggest industrial nation in the world. now everybody else is doing the work and we're outsourcing our jobs, so i'm concerned about the future.