Joe Manchin actually said...

What I can tell you is the air -- they're working in what we call a free environment. They are operating without their apparatuses. That's very good. That means that there are no either fire, or we're not causing any more carbon monoxide.

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Governor Manchin discusses the conditions under which rescuers are operating in the mine.

01/01/2006

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