President Obama paid tribute to 29 fallen West Virginia coal miners today by citing the one plea made by families after a deadly explosion this month: "Don't let this happen again."
"How can we fail them?" Obama asked during a memorial service in Beckley, W.Va. "How can a nation that relies on its miners not do everything in its power to protect them?"
As Steve Earle sings in "The Mountain", "There's ghosts in the tunnels ...""How can we fail them?" Obama asked during a memorial service in Beckley, W.Va. "How can a nation that relies on its miners not do everything in its power to protect them?"
