"I said, we better find out what is going on, walked in there. And they're yelling and cheering that 12 are alive; 12 are alive. And I'm thinking, oh, my goodness, the miracle of all miracles has happened."
"I feel confident that Jerry would have taken the time to pray."
"How that got misinterpreted or miscommunicated, I can't say."
"We will have a full investigation. And our intentions is -- and our goal is not to have one injury, lose one life in West Virginia."
"With the air levels that we have to deal with, it's still an uphill battle and it's still -- the odds are against us. From that being said, again, we are in a different total mode than what we thought..."
"We didn't know what went on. And I asked my security people with me. And I said, what is happening? And they didn't know, because we hadn't heard anything."
"Believe in miracles and give us a good prayer."
"The really unusual thing is how things have changed from what was expected, or what they thought might have happened, to what actually did happen. And the crews are out -- they're changing over crews ..."
"In West Virginia, we do believe in -- in miracles."
"Let me just tell you what we know and there's not a whole lot that's changed from 10:00."
"The miracle is still alive and we have hope for that miracle in West Virginia."