Anderson Cooper is pulling out all the cliches.
"You hear about the fog of war", he says. "this is a stunning development", he says.
Ben Hatfield, President International Coal Group, says the false information that there were many survivors was a "miscommunication".
"A thorough investigation will be held, with our full cooperation", he says.
Hatfield said the company did NOT make any release about the 12 miners. He said someone in the rescue area overheard a conversation, misunderstood it, and used a cell phone to relay it to the families.