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Accident and i would on eye feel great grief and sorrow, actually, because of the people who have lost their lives and we clearly have tremendous sympathy for the families and friends they left behind and it's too early to speculate on the course of the accident. what is clear is the ultimate failsafe mechanism in a drilling operation, there are many checks before you get to activating the blow out preventer. that is the ultimate failsafe mechanism and for whatever reason and we don't understand that yet, but we clearly will as a consequence of both our investigation and federal investigation,...

>> reporter: the governor of west virginia was speaking about a sliver of hope throughout the entire week, tonight saying we did not receive the miracle that we had prayed for. this week has really been one of setbacks for the rescue workers. every time they tried to go into the mine, they would go in the mine and then they would have to turn around. listen to this. the wait is over. the news tragic. officials had held out hope that four missing west virginia miners might have made their way to a safe haven inside the mine after an explosion monday. >> they got one opportunity. we all have one...

>> we have not had a break in the drilling. we think it's important to keep going right now with the drilling operation to get the bore holes in. it's important to get that in right now for us. >> their only mission would be to go see those -- >> larry: imagine surviving an explosion that killed at least 25 people. stanley stewart did just that. he was inside the mine monday when the blast sent him scrambling to survive. he joins us from west virginia. how are you doing physically and emotionally? how are you doing stanley? >> i'm doing okay, larry. >> larry: take us back. where were you -- >>...

Drilling. here's the status of the drilling operation. hope number one reached its destination. that seem has been reached on hole number one 1100 feet down. hole number two is going at the same location down to the first chamber around the area of hole number one, that's where they believe the four miners that are unaccounted for, they believe they are near this general area. they are going to try to get down there and possibly put cameras down there to see if there's any activity, any sign of life. a third hole is being drilled as we speak. fourth and fifth holes are planned. that's just to ...

Stack cap ready to go weeks ago? >> great question. they certainly should have, could have, and may have put flow rate monitors on this thing. for all we know, they did and they haven't told us. i'm hearing some more accurate figures coming out right now but i'm not certain. they certainly could have. on the second part of your question, that's the big one. they certainly should have had this stacking cap designed not just weeks ago but even before they were doing the drilling operation in the first place. they shouldn't have been out there drilling nor should any of the deep water offshore ri...