62 Quotes by Ben Hatfield

Our focus is not on defending records, our focus is on getting people out of there and that's all we want to focus on at this point. We believe the mine was safe.

We needed good information, and we were trying to get them that information. In the process of being cautious, we allowed the jubilation to go on longer than it should have.

While we're very disappointed by the information we have received thus far, we remain determined to continue the search so long as there is hope, and hope remains.

We must learn the lessons from this accident that will better protect coal miners.

We have an army of people working as hard as they can to get the ventilation fixed so it is safe to go in and conduct the investigation.

We believe the high number of violations is attributable to a significant increase in enforcement standards by the MSHA inspectors that examined the mine virtually every day.

We intend to be a leader in the effort to identify and develop safety technologies that will help to prevent future tragedies.

We allowed the jubilation to go on longer than it should have.

We were just as suspicious of the second communication as the first. We didn't know what to think. Rightly or wrongly, we believed it was important to make factual statements to the family.