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Off the air. police don't stop them. emotions running high. the massive explosions equivalent to a small earthquake. when you look at all the devastation here, it's really remarkable. the aftermath found far and wide, buildings destroyed, cars are completely charred more than a mile away from the blast site. right now people are asking exactly how could something so dangerous be allowed so close to people's homes, something that could cause this kind of damage from more than a mile away. those are questions that people are going to continue to ask here, but the big question right now, is the a...

Here's what we know. west virginia governor joe manchin is telling rescuers they have made a breakthrough. they've completed one of the bore holes in the area where the miners are believed to be. that hole is an exhaust port of sorts with rescuers using high-pressure fans to exchange the gas-filled mine with clean air, but even with that progress, here's the heart wrenching reality. there's been no response from any of those missing miners as rescuers have been knocking on the pipes hoping that one of those miners would reply. despite, that west virginia's governor is keeping the faith. >> we ...

Feet below the earth's surface where they believe four missing miners might be trapped. they're trying to ventilate toxics gasses from the area so rescue teams can head down safely. west virginia's governor is hoping that can happen in the next few hours even though signals to contact survivors failed to produce a response. >> we're hoping we can get the mine and the air safe enough to get our rescue teams back in some time this afternoon. so the timetables are still the same as we thought they would be. the drilling went bet or hole number one than anticipated. they got through quicker. we di...

Alive yet and are continuing to drill a total of 4 holes, to ventilate the shaft, governor manchin talked about that earlier this morning and we can hear what he said now: >> we're at the 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock period and we'll have data to make a decision and with that we are hoping that we can get the mine and the air safe enough to get our rescue teams back in. sometime this afternoon. >> reporter: sometime between now and 2:00 this afternoon they'll analyze the air coming out of the mine and determine whether or not it is toxic enough to send the rescue crews in, so, sometime later on tod...

-- they pulled the pipe and they'll put the fans on and then start monitoring that air to find out what we have. we still think we're in that 10:00 to 2:00 period where we're going to have some real good data to make a decision and we're hoping that we can get the mine and the air safe enough to give our rescue teams back in sometime this afternoon. so the timetables are still the same as we thought they would be. the drilling went better on hole number one than anticipated. they got through quicker. we did not get any response back from, if you will, the beating on the pipes as a signal. but ...