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West Virginia

mahatmakanejeeves

(61,298 posts) Mon Apr 5, 2021, 12:04 PM Apr 2021

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On this day in 2010, an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 coal miners. Thinking of their families today.

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McAteer GIIP Report on Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster

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On this day in 2010, an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 coal miners. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 OP

29 brave miners were tragically killed by the negligence and greed Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2021 #2

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1. I'll bet their families voted for Trump. In spite of the fact that de-regulation would

Mon Apr 5, 2021, 04:02 PM

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make coal mining more dangerous.

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2. 29 brave miners were tragically killed by the negligence and greed

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of then CEO Donald Blankenship, a truly evil POS whose heart is as black as the coal his workers mined.

I hope their families are doing OK.