08/09/2009
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"I wanted to make sure they had everything they needed to respond to this tragedy."
"All that hard work, all that hardship, all the time spent underground, it was all for the families."
"Never forget, they say, miners keep America's lights on."
"Nothing I say can fill the hole they leave in your hearts; the absence they leave in your lives."