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Sago Mine Hearing Ends With More Questions

Friday, May 05, 2006 8:38:10 AM
By VICKI SMITH

Debbie Hamner, wife of deceased Sago mine explosion victim George "Junior" Hamner applauds comments made by United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts during closing statments on the final day of the Sago Mine disaster hearings at West Virginia Wesleyan College Thursday, May 4, 2006, in Buckhannon, W.Va. Four months after the blast, officials from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, West Virginia's Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training and the company that owns the Sago Mine have testified about the disaster in a three-day public hearing. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks) BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - A three-day public hearing about the Sago Mine disaster ended much as it had begun, with a flood of tears, some hearts full of anger and too many questions unanswered.

"Can you tell the families what murdered our men?" Debbie Hamner, whose husband George "Junior" Hamner died, demanded of state and federal investigators. When there was no immediate reply, she added, "No one wants to answer?"

That, she was finally told, is the goal of the continuing investigation by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.


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