[varina davis]

You are correct. The rescue operation was also approved by the safety feds.

It seems whenever a tragedy occurs, everyone want someone to blame. In this case, it’s Murray.

I am not at all sure it wasn’t an earthquake originally.

In any case, mining was, is and will alway be a dangerous profession. I doubt there are any guarantees for the safety of miners.

[muawiyah]

The trick is that when you dig under a mountain it might "shift" and drop rocks on you.

That's not an earthquake ~ it just is.

[sodpoodle]

“”””It seems whenever a tragedy occurs, everyone want someone to blame. In this case, it’s Murray.”””

Murray is damned if he does (step up to the mike) and damned if he doesn’t (comment on loss of rescue workers)

The press is determined to interview everyone in Utah for their personal opinion of Bob Murray and why he is a nutcase. What kind of useless information is that? The man is a miner, has coal dust on his face, has stayed on site for the whole rescue effort. He is having to deal with the biased media questions, the care of family members, while the fate of his six employees has been in jeopardy for over a week. IMHO the man shows more courage than anyone involved, with the exception of the rescue teams.