West Virginia mining disaster
This story of members of miners’ families being told that they were alive, only for it to turn out that the information was wrong, and all but one had died, is clearly tragic, and my thoughts are with the family and friends of the dead. But one small thing struck me: When it was falsely announced that the miners were alive, the assembled crowds thanked god. When it was announced that a mistake had been made and the men were actually dead, they blamed the company. I just thought that was an interesting disparity – make of it what you will.
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