[pax_et_bonum]

I'm really impressed that the owner (1) has not left the site and says he will not until the miners are out (he's not a spring chicken and must be exhausted) and (2) he insists that the families must be informed first so that they get information from him and not from the press.

I'm with you.

[JRochelle]

“he insists that the families must be informed first so that they get information from him and not from the press.”

Only a complete idiot wouldn’t do that! He gets no points from me for that.
Sago mine was the same. Families were told first. That is SOP.