when you get that phone call it it puts
a pit in the bottom of your stomach you
really don't know what you're going into
but you know that's what we're here for
that's what we train for and you we want
to help our fell Co
miners we're here at the 2016 Virginia
Governor's Cup M rescue competition on
the campus of UVA
wise we try to make it as realistic as
we can to things that they could
actually encounter in an event but you
know on top of that it's just it's the
teamwork and the communication and
working
together being a part of M rescue is to
me I mean it's a special fraternity I've
got seven other guys uh that I'm
responsible for Conn a benchman or bench
person is a person that repairs and
maintains the apparatus that the M
rescue members wear under drill Warren
damage B okay he he has the most
important job of all the Mind rescue
people because if the apparatus fails
then it could cause death or serious
personal injury that thing o we're
testing the skills and knowledge of our
of our certified
for of mine for will compete in a
contest and they will actually go in a
makeshift mine that we have laid out and
they will have to notice and identify
hazards for and that's their their job
is to keep their crew and their their um
co-workers
safe that's just another way we support
the coal miners Out There Our most
important resource that are in the mines
working every day and we want to be here
for
them everybody out here put this
apparatus on you know all these guys are
winners no matter who wins first place
today everybody's first
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place