We determined we could move forward at a quicker pace by rehabilitating fewer entries and doing less construction on the way in. I believe we have the smartest, most talented people in the industry working as hard as they can to get the men out safely. |
We determined with the cooperation of state and federal agencies that we can move forward and at a quicker pace and do it safely. We believe we were overly conservative before. |
We didn't believe there was any productive benefit of saying there could be one (victim), there could be 12. We have conflicting information. |
We don't what went wrong and caused this explosion. |
We fully recognize the criticism that the company has received about the manner that the news was communicated to the families. |
We had no idea what they were being told. |
We have an army of people working as hard as they can to get the ventilation fixed so it is safe to go in and conduct the investigation. |
We have no interest in getting into finger-pointing of what went on a year ago. This is a mine that operated for some significant time before my company was involved with it. |
We intend to be a leader in the effort to identify and develop safety technologies that will help to prevent future tragedies. |
We must learn the lessons from this accident that will better protect coal miners. |
We needed good information, and we were trying to get them that information. In the process of being cautious, we allowed the jubilation to go on longer than it should have. |
We pounded on the drill steel and received no response. We'll do same. |
We sincerely regret the manner in which the events unfolded early this morning. |
We sincerely regret the manner in which the events unfolded this morning. In the process of being cautious, we allowed the jubilation to go on longer than it should have. |
We sincerely regret the manner in which the events unfolded. We allowed the jubilation to go on longer than it should have. |