January 4, 2006

• I have been following the story of those trapped miners ever since the story broke two days ago. I can’t even begin to understand how the families are feeling right now—the emotional rollercoaster that these past 40+ hours have been. They have been holed up in their church, waiting and praying for news that their loved ones have survived—and they got what they were hoping for four hours ago. Twelve men had been found alive—the news headlines will be reiterating that statement tomorrow.

  
  

  But then they were told to disregard the previous announcement, that it was just miscommunication and instead, only one man had survived and the rest were dead.

  
  

  How do you look those families in the eyes and tell them that you heard wrong? How do you watch them cheer and thank God and weep tears of joy, knowing that the information hasn’t been confirmed, and that there is a good chance that it is inaccurate? The control center of the mine operations knew in advance that no one had been found alive yet, but they held that information in under the pretense that they did not want to families to suffer any more trauma.

  
  

  I think they’ve suffered more than was necessary. What are these people to do now that they feel like they’ve been lied to for the two days?

  
  

   

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