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>> the right rear tire actually leaned into the wall and touched and when it did, it spun the car around, basically in midair, and came down forward. >> the rock crawler comes crashing down. bob slams his head against the steering wheel. >> i hit it hard enough apparently basically knocked me out. >> unconscious, bob's foot hits the gas, launching the rock crawler full throttle toward the spectators. >> only thing i remember is the car moving under me as everything was still black to me. i was just kind of like a rubber man inside the car. >> people in the crowd run for safety. bob plows into ...

Back now with live special coverage of the mine disaster in west virginia. the governor just held a press conference to tell us where they are at least in terms of the rescue operation. rescue teams did enter the mine shortly after 4:30. they are about a mile, mile and a half into the mine. they are riding in on the so-called man trips. when they get to a junction that is closer to where the explosion took place, they won't be able to go further on vehicles. they will have to get off and ho hoof it the rest of the way. so far, the governor says they are making good progress in getting to the a...

Pushing for. >> ed henry this morning in prague. thank you. we are going to head back to john in west virginia right now with the governor of west virginia. hey, john. >> reporter: the west virginia governor, joe manchin joins us right now. tell us a little bit about where we are. >> at five until 5:00, we sent four teams in. they are on man trips right now, will go back as far on the rail as we can possibly go. then, they go by foot and carry all their apparatus. they will be more cautious. you never want your rescuers to get ahead of the danger zone and get caught. that's happened in alabama...

What we have inside the mine. we took one sample and we wasn't really concerned about it. we thought that it could have been just an al ka line sample, but the next three escalated as well to the point we started getting concerned. as soon as it showed we had an explosive mixture, we immediately called under ground and had the teams withdrawn. 32 people we basically brought out of the mines and to the man trips and outside. they were able to leave what terrible they had -- everything has to be hand carried up. they were able to leave that down there, so when we were able to go back in, it won'...