Upper Big Branch mine victim's sister: ''This is a crime''

[Hubert Flottz]

UBB victim's sister: ''This is a crime''

BECKLEY, W.Va. -- The families of the Upper Big Branch miners who died are being briefed this morning about today's release of an independent investigation into the April 2010 disaster.

Roosevelt Lynch, son of UBB victim William Roosevelt Lynch, was the first to step away from the meeting at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center, readying for an early departure.

He said he felt the investigating team -- led by longtime mine safety advocate Davitt McAteer -- did a pretty good job and he's satisfied.

"I'm a coal miner; I know what goes on. I don't know who did their job right or who did their job wrong," he said. Read More...

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201105190559

I'm betting this will not touch the bigshots at AT Massey who set the production pace at this shoddy operation. The guilty will walk away to kill another day, IMHO.

[damntexdem]

1. The only real question: manslaughter or premeditted murder?

Not that the question will be asked in any effective legal way.

[Hubert Flottz]

2. It will go down like Abu Ghraib...

The underlings will get all the blame and Donnie and the board members will go right on like nothing ever happened.