Summary
* EDITOR'S NOTE: This is President Obama's eulogy from Sunday's memorial for the miners killed in the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, as prepared for delivery.
To all the families who loved the miners we've lost; to all those who called them friends, worked alongside them in the mines, or knew them as neighbors, in Montcoal, Naoma or Whitesville; in the Coal River Valley and across West Virginia - let me begin by saying that we have been mourning with you throughout these difficult days. Our hearts ache. We also keep in our thoughts the survivors who are recovering and resting in a hospital and at home.See the full content of this document
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President Speaks of the Work of 29 Miners
We are here to memorialize 29 Americans: Carl Acord. Jason Atkins. Christopher Bell. Gregory Steven Brock. Kenneth Allan Chapman. Robert Clark. Charles Timothy Davis. Cory Davis. Michael Lee Elswick. William I. Griffith. Steven Harrah. Edward Dean Jones. Richard K. Lane. William Roo...
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