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West virginia, this morning. hey, john. >> reporter: good morning, kiran, and we expect to get an update in about a half an hour from governor joe manchin from the progress that they're making deep underground. i got to tell you, i met a pretty extraordinary person yesterday. her name is pam napper, she is of the mother, the aunt and the sister of miners who were killed in monday's tragic accident. three members of our family were lost. and, boy, does she have a tale to tell about the whole thing. a couple things happened to her son the week before the mine accident when he was sent home early...
Happened when he was working the mine. he had only been working it for eight weeks, which struck his mother as being very odd and somewhat indicative that perhaps there were some serious problems with the mine. let's listen to pam napper tell it. >> i was just sitting on the coach that morning, monday. i just felt in my heart and my stomach that something was definitely wrong. >> there were a couple of incidents at the mine where he was sent home? >> yes. >> what happened? >> he got to come home early last week. i can't remember exactly what day it was. he calls me every day when he gets off o...
The mining disaster with rescue crews back on their way. at the same time, the mining community is really getting together to support the family members of the miners who perished in monday afternoon's blast. last night, there was a prayer vigil about an hour away from here. so many, many people attended. one of the people who they were really rallying around is pam napper. she was extraordinarily touched by this disaster. three members of her family, her son, her brother, and her nephew, were all killed in that mine. what's so incredible about it is that the day before, easter sunday, when he...
Suffering so much grief and they are willing to accept that. >> this doesn't only happen to the coal mining industry. there is a risk on your job. there is risk everywhere. our families are willing to take the risk. >> reporter: they have faith that every law spun out of these disasters will help to make their loved ones safer. as history that is proven, the best of intentions are never 100%. >> i just think it is never going to be perfect. there is always going to be something that you have to expect that may happen. >> a sense of resignation that regardless of the number of laws that are wri...