region. that s hampering rescue efforts as well. jim and kiran, back to you. john vause, thanks so much. a former federal mine chief will be leading an independent investigation into what caused the deadly explosion at a west virginia coal mine. mcen tear ininvestigated the sago mine disaster. the bodies have been recovered from the upper big branch mine in montcoal, west virginia. one officer suspended and more could be soon for the beating. very disappointed after seeing this video of the unprovoked attack. officers said initially the man attacked them during the maryland duke game last month. judge ordered a small county to stop segregating its schools, transferred hundreds of white
four ears years ago, the sago mine disaster struck west virginia killing 12 workers and prompted congress to pass the mine improvement and new emergency response act. this week more than two dozen miners died in an explosion at the massey energy coal mine which has been cited for safety violations more than 1300 times since 2005. two violations issued on the day of the blast. why didn t the media follow up on mining standards in west virginia? is this a story, jim, sometimes i think that, you know, the media only descend on west virginia when somebody like jessica lynch gets rescued or a mine blows up. or when robert byrd cuts a ribbon. public works. look, i agree there s a phenomenon here, a stereo type, it s like tornados in oklahoma that get you there, but look, i think some perspective on this
four ears years ago, the sago mine disaster struck west virginia killing 12 workers and prompted congress to pass the mine improvement and new emergency response act. this week more than two dozen miners died in an explosion at the massey energy coal mine which has been cited for safety violations more than 1300 times since 2005. two violations issued on the day of the blast. why didn t the media follow up on mining standards in west virginia? is this a story, jim, sometimes i think that, you know, the media only descend on west virginia when somebody like jessica lynch gets rescued or a mine blows up. or when robert byrd cuts a ribbon. public works. look, i agree there s a phenomenon here, a stereo type, it s like tornados in oklahoma that get you there, but look, i think some perspective on this
96-hour window for the oxygen supplies in that rescue chamber. officials acknowledge that this is getting very tight and really their hope is running out. savannah? brian mooar in west virginia for us this morning. thank you. you know, it is unacceptable, really, and ought to be unacceptable in this country, that one industry, the coal industry, has remain unchanged in 50 or 60 years. certainly the technology has changed. there s no other industry in this country where the lack of safety and the working conditions would be tolerated the way they re tolerated. i ve heard i don t know, maybe it was you that reported that one woman said, you know, i tell my husband i love him when he goes off into the mine every day and i pray that i ll see him at night. but you re right, this sounds like something from the 1930s. and you hear this, 124 i mean, how do you have 124 violations and still have a mine open? well, they tried to fix this after the sago mine disaster with the miners
very profound point. he said if he could put someone on the moon we ought to be able to figure out how to mine safely in this country. joining me now, bob federer, he s senior mine safety and health specialist in the mine safety program at the colorado school of mines. this is a tough one, bob. there s no doubt about it, but you can t get away from the politics of this. there is a mindset here with one party that does not respect labor and there is another mindset from a party that believes that we have to do more to keep workers safe. where do you come down on this? how do you see this whole situation? well, let me give you some facts here, just to start this off before we get into the discussions. in 2006 we had the sago mine disaster that killed nine people. after that, another mine