You've got to realize that water is probably 50 or 60 degrees.

This is the first one I've been involved with where miners were trapped.

You have to know coal mining and the dangers involved. There are guidelines, you have to be in good health and you have to be brave. You can't take chances, but you have to be brave.

We don't know whether some of the miners got washed away. Flooding underground creates a lot of pressure. God only knows who's alive down there.

We know about where they are. They were probably at a higher elevation then the water was.