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American Voices

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Second U.S. Mining Disaster

Two separate mining disasters in West Virginia have claimed 12 lives in the past month. What do you think?

Old Man

Adam Peck,
Lab Tech
“My wife hasn’t let me go down in my zinc hobby mine since this all started.”

Old Woman

Melanie Bonanno,
Private Detective
"Maybe if we raised the fines from $16 to $22, the mining companies would really step up to the worker's-safety plate?"

Black Man

Joe Kunkel,
Paralegal
“If you have a better alternative fuel source to coal, I’d love to hear it.”

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