Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom This is terrible. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/27/mccloy.letter.ap/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/ 27/mccloy.letter.ap/index.html</a> The management team of the coal mining company should be charged with murder.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I read that letter on CNN.com. It was very moving. I can't imagine staring down your own fate while you watch your coworkers around you succumb.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom My thoughts exactly warhooskipper. I am so angry at those company execs. Its like salt in the wound. We had to live through the incompetence of hearing that they were alive. Now this.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Well, wasn't it determined that it was a volunteer Red Cross worker who prematurely released the "alive" news? They are plenty incompetenet...don't get me wrong.
Originally Posted By Shooba Huh, the article specifically says: "ICG was informed that the SCSRs found at the barricade were deployed and showed evidence of use," the mine company said. "The federal investigators did not note any defective SCSRs and all appeared to be in working order." and "The Sago miners were using air packs manufactured by Monroeville, Pennsylvania-based CSE Corp., according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. The packs use a chemical reaction to produce oxygen. The company's literature says the units have a 10-year shelf life and require no maintenance beyond periodic visual inspections. The SCSR contains a small window with a blue dot; if the blue dot is not present, then the SCSR is presumed to be ineffective and is discarded. A call to CSE was not immediately returned Thursday. ICG said in a statement that the SCSRs worn by the Sago miners "were all within the manufacturer suggested life," that the devices are checked every 90 days by a person at the mine, and are also checked by the wearer every day." What am I missing that justifies charging the mining company with murder? There's no facts apparent to support the charge, other than the opinion/observation of the survivor.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I realize that the company NEVER officially said they all survived. What I am commenting about is that no one at the company told the media the reports were false. The company at any time could have said that its too early to report they all survived since we have not gotten word they made it. The company also made a poor choice of telling family members at a church the actualy news.
