There may be many more miners trapped in that West Virginia coal mine where an underground explosion took place on Monday, but no one can get in and rescue them. Though the company that owns the mine (Massey Energy) has drilled holes over it to ventilate it and release harmful gases to make a rescue possible, a rescue attempt had to be aborted because the gases were still too dangerous.
Meanwhile, families in the small mining town of Montcoal are still waiting to see if their loved ones are alive. They might managed to get into an airtight shelter where a four-day supply of food, water and air, and time is running out.
Massey has been getting away with treating its workers as expendable for far too long, and now many more miners may die as a result - more in the first four months of 2010 in this one mine than in all of 2009. And if federal enforcement of mining regulations remain gutted thanks to the pro-business, anti-labor attitude of many in Washington, Massey could literally get away with murder.
I'm getting really angry now. I can't believe any of this.
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