Senators visit with Sago families, vow to find answers
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said he was troubled to hear that the families have not yet been involved in the accident investigation. He urged state and federal investigators to take time to talk to the relatives, who he said are extremely knowledgeable about the industry.
Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the explosion that resulted in the deaths of 12 members of a 13-man crew at International Coal Group’s Sago Mine in Tallmansville, Upshur County. Survivor Randal McCloy Jr., 26, continues to improve and remains in a “light coma†at a West Virginia hospital.