The news clip I saw .. the Governor didn't announce it
The news clips I saw was the Governor saying they found out the news from family members and how he asked his people of they heard anything about this and they said no, there was no confirmation of the news
I started watching the coverage almost an hour into it (that they were alive) and the only people saying they were alive were some family members and the news media. At first I assumed I had miss the official statement, but knowing how they run official statements over and over began wondering why we were not hearing from someone in authority.
Everyone was looking for good news and all it took was someone mis speaking or mis hearing for this landslide to begin. The media took the Gov saying "miracles can happen!" as he left the church to GET confirmation, AS confirmation. I'm not a journalism student so I don't know if they should have taken that as confirmation or not.
Regardless, my thoughts and prayers are with the families and community. Miners are a tough lot of folks, yet that doesn't diminish their grief.