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Union" starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern. everyone holding out hope that four miners in that west virginia mining accident who were unaccounted for possibly could have made to one of the rescue chambers and 0 possibly just waiting to be rescue. that is not the case. we have now learned. the search for the missing miners is now over. their bodies found late last night. we're in west virginia. >> reporter: this west virginia community was hoping for a miracle, but the sliver of hope held to the last five days is gone. >> none of the chambers had been deployed. and none of our miners suffered. so t...

Perhaps can you give us perspective on what the hopes were in this final rescue that took place today. >> yeah, natalie. all week long the governor of west virginia had been saying that the odds were against them. but there is still that sliver of hope. and i think the first sentence of this press conference that you just saw kind of sums it up. he said the miracle we had prayed for didn't happen. he said that none of the chambers had been deployed. all week long officials had thought that if the four missing coal miners were alive that they would be in these refuge chambers where they would h...

Alex? four men missing since the explosion at the west virginia coal mine have been confirmed dead now. rescue crews uncovered the bodies of the four miners bringing the death toll of the devastating explosion to 29. family members had held out hope that four of the miners had made it to safety in one of the rescue chambers. >> we did not receive the miracle we prayed for. we have encountered four of the miners who were unaccounted for. we have a total of 29 miners who we are recovering at this time. this is the worst disaster in u.s. history when 38 people were killed in a kentucky mine. ...

Deep, 1100 feet deep inside the mine to hopefully use a camera and can see about 100 feet out and see that final rescue chamber to see if it was deployed. we just learned about 20 minutes ago, they were able to make it to one of rescue chambers and it was not deployed. this final rescue chamber, really this is it. they call it the inerting pushing, pumping all of the nitrogen to improve the air quality so if they can get back in there and attempt the fourth rescue, they can do so. they were still referring to this as a rescue mission. >> just to sort of explain to people that were listening to...

>> there you hear mine safety officials and joe mancion with the details. they're going to have to enter the upper big branch mine. the issue are the toxicity levels. they determined they are at safe enough levels that 16 rescue crew members are going to reenter this mine. they're still calling this a rescue effort. that's a good word. that gives some of the family members hope that the four missing miners are possibly still alive. the rescue members are going to be equipped with breathing apparatuses should there be any survivors. they will be able to offer them some kind of refuge so they'll...