Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Memorial Held In Rememberance Of UBB Miners
WEST VIRGINIA....
To mark the six-month anniversary of the April 5th Upper Big Branch Mine explosion in Raleigh County, friends and family members held a memorial service in Whitesville Tuesday in remembrance of the 29 miners who died in the explosion. Family members lit 29 candles to represent the lives lost. Those candles will stay lit for eight days, the same amount of time it took for the candles to go out when they were lit immediately following the explosion. Congressman Nick Rahall, who was at the service, says family members still have a lot of questions and doubts about the cause of the explosion, but it's a process that will take patience to find the answers that will bring closure.
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