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West Virginia / Coal Mine Disaster #993903

ABC Evening News for Thursday, May 19, 2011
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(Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

(Washington: David Kerley) A report on the coal mine explosion in West Virginia featured; details given about what the sole survivor, Tim Blake, said about those surviving the initial blast, the direction of blame to mine owner Massey Energy and then-CEO Don Blankenship with examples of corner cutting cited. [Governor's independent investigation panel chair Davitt McATEER†- says this was a preventable accident that was manmade.] [With Diane Sawyer on April 6, 2010, BLANKENSHIP - says he protected workers.] [With David Muir last year on April 7, widow Diana DAVIS - says she lost three people in the mine.]

Reporter(s):
Muir, David;
Kerley, David
Duration:
00:02:00

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