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Robert Byrd: Twenty-nine men are now dead dead dead simply because they went to work that morning.

On the recordMay 19, 2010
Twenty-nine men are now dead dead dead simply because they went to work that morning.
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Robert Byrd

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Byrd highlights the tragic loss of miners at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine.

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