It came to the surface that 12 were alive. |
It was the readings they were taking of the atmosphere indicating they were not equipped to go further. |
It's a very slow, careful process. |
It's a very slow, very careful, methodical process. |
That just adds to the mystery of how this happened. It was inspected as required by the regulations, and it was clean, and an hour later, there was this explosion. |
That just adds to the mystery of what happened when the production crew went underground. |
That's why this is such a slow process. |
The primary purpose of the drilling from the surface is to determine the atmosphere at the (accident site) just to give rescue teams more knowledge what to expect. |
These miners are experienced, they are well-trained. We are just praying they had an opportunity to put their training to use. |
This is not a rookie crew underground. So we're just trusting that their training and their mining instincts have kicked in immediately. |
We don't know where the miscommunication occurred, and we don't think it's particularly important. |
We don't want to be energizing anything if it's in an atmosphere with combustible gases. |
We will expect to be there quick enough so that food, water, those sorts of issues probably will not come into play. |
We're hoping that the carbon monoxide was just a byproduct of the explosion. |
We're just praying that they've had the opportunity to put their training to use. |