"Our hearts and prayers go out to each of the 13 families, we are incredibly saddened by the horrific loss of these fathers, sons, husbands and brothers. This is certainly not the outcome that we had hoped for and prayed for."
"The one body that has been recovered was the one person that was left right there where the force of the blast came. And the 12, the tram was in perfect condition. It was on the tracks. There was no d..."
"The rescue team's allowed to go back in. That means the air quality had to be good enough so there was no danger to them, or a very minimal danger. That's a good sign."
"It's the new name of Randy and Anna's street in their little town of Simpson."
"Thanks to West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, it's the new name of Randy and Anna's street in their little town of Simpson."
"I don't want to believe that anybody would ever put a cost to human life. That's me speaking. That's the state of West Virginia speaking. I can tell you how much a roof boulder costs. I can tell you h..."
"In West Virginia, Governor Joe Manchin is urging all coal mining operations to shut down, asking the companies to stop operations until safety checks can be conducted on the mining facilities."
"I'm going to Washington tomorrow. I'm taking what we've done in this historic first step. We did it in one day."
"There's been total cooperation through this thing that we did. And without the cooperation, we couldn't have made this historic move that we made today."
"Oh absolutely. I think you're going to have all -- we're looking at all of our state regulations and rules right now."
"As of today, West Virginia's made a commitment and we are changing things and the mines will be the safest in the nation in this state."