we're here at the 30th annual governor's
cup competition on the campus of uva
wise where we've had eight mine rescue
teams competing today
we try to make it as realistic as
possible uh simulate things that they
could encounter i'm chris witt emergency
manager department of mines minerals and
energy we were simulating men that would
have been trapped underground that we
knew and we simulated conditions that
they might face which could be bad air
quality could be roof falls could have
been inundations of water
they're quick thinking they've been
trained to
think quickly and think under pressure
and think in tough circumstances and
they can help others do that i'm harry
childers i'm president
president of the virginia coal and
energy alliance
but they got the equipment they got the
training they know what they're doing
they're ready to go my name is leroy
mullins
i'm with virginia small operators mind
rescue
we can't plan for everything we can't
foresee everything
but if the team works there with a good
group of people we can overcome just
about anything a mind rescue guy is a
guy that loves his his co-worker their
brothers it's a brotherhood of coal
miners and he's a guy that
willing to lay his life on the line for
anybody we work beside these men every
day
so coal miners are just like brothers
where we actually spend so much time
together
that when one man goes down the rest of
them are ready to go get him
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