Sunday, April 25, 2010
Obama And Biden Attend Miner Memorial
WEST VIRGINIA....
A large crowd gathered Sunday afternoon at the Raleigh County Convention Center in Beckley to attend a memorial hosted by Governor Joe Manchin and first lady Gayle Manchin in honor of the memory of 29-miners killed on April 5th at Massey Energy's Performance Coal's Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal. The front was decorated with 29 crosses, each representing a fallen miner. Upon each cross, a family member placed a miner's cap with a miner's lamp...the light representing life. Governor Joe Manchin pleged to the families that everything would be done to determine what caused the explosion so the deaths of these 29 miners would not be in vain. Following remarks from those including Vice-President Joe Biden, Governor Joe Manchin and members of the state's Congressional delegation, President Barrack Obama delivered the eulogy. Since the explosion, Obama has been kept up-to-date on developments. Obama said the workers killed lived and died pursuing the American Dream, while working in dangerous conditions underground to help keep the lights on across the country. He vowed the nation would honor their memories by improving safety in the mines. Vice President Joe Biden called miners "the spine of this nation" and "roughneck angels." He said the time would come to account for the safety conditions that led to the disaster.
A large crowd gathered Sunday afternoon at the Raleigh County Convention Center in Beckley to attend a memorial hosted by Governor Joe Manchin and first lady Gayle Manchin in honor of the memory of 29-miners killed on April 5th at Massey Energy's Performance Coal's Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal. The front was decorated with 29 crosses, each representing a fallen miner. Upon each cross, a family member placed a miner's cap with a miner's lamp...the light representing life. Governor Joe Manchin pleged to the families that everything would be done to determine what caused the explosion so the deaths of these 29 miners would not be in vain. Following remarks from those including Vice-President Joe Biden, Governor Joe Manchin and members of the state's Congressional delegation, President Barrack Obama delivered the eulogy. Since the explosion, Obama has been kept up-to-date on developments. Obama said the workers killed lived and died pursuing the American Dream, while working in dangerous conditions underground to help keep the lights on across the country. He vowed the nation would honor their memories by improving safety in the mines. Vice President Joe Biden called miners "the spine of this nation" and "roughneck angels." He said the time would come to account for the safety conditions that led to the disaster.
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