Wife of surviving miner has press conference, says

[DS1]

*paraphrasing* that 'God helped her husband because he was more faithful to Him than the others'.

At least, that's the way I interpreted it.

[roseBudd]

1. According to a CSI episode nonsmokers do not succumb to carbon

monoxide as easily as smokers. Perhaps he was the only nonsmoker.

[DS1]

4. Well that settles it

Cigarrettes from North Carolina killed the other miners

[oneighty]

12. Do not go there

for medical advice. Smokers might be more tolerant to low levels of CO than non-smokers but it will still kill them them both when exposed to the same level of CO. And since ventilation of non-smokers is more efficient it might kill them first.

180

[elehhhhna]

2. no way! let's chalk it up to grief and redstate stoopidness

[txindy]

16. It's her religion, not her address that caused her to say that.

She's suffering from fundie 'logic'. It knows no boundaries.

[lukasahero]

33. She DIDN'T say it.

Damn we're so quick to trash anyone of any religious persuasion here we'll just trash this poor woman without any shred of evidence that she said any such thing.

If anyone can put up a link where she even speaks at a press conference more than to ask that people continue to hold her husband in their prayers, I will humbly submit an apology. Until then, maybe we should all take a deep breath before condemning her.

[Horse with no Name]

3. May God strike her down for those awful words

She is not a Christian.

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[Horse with no Name]

28. Yet she is the one professing to be

"God loved her husband more"...pretzel logic I suppose. I guess you got lost in it somewhere...

[MADem]

25. Well, when she is taking care of that poor guy, because he likely

won't be "all right" when and if he comes through his hospitalization, she will have plenty of time to figure out what the "Lord's plan" was all about with regard to who was saved, and why. And maybe it had something to do with her intemperate words and thoughts, and her attitude.

But hey, I'll cut her some slack. People say stupid, regrettable things under extreme stress, and she is a product of her environment. If challenged, she'll likely take back her statement.

[lukasahero]

26. You might want to check some references on "her words"

Google suggests she has thus far refused to speak at the press conferences.

[Horse with no Name]

32. The OP has never been one to lie and make up stories

He said he just heard it.
I'll take him at his word.

[lukasahero]

36. Find a link. I've provided links below that dispute the claim. Post 24

[Horse with no Name]

41. No transcript as of yet....however she was at a Press Conference

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:UYW3K-7bNTkJ:www.post-gazette.com/+miner+press+conference+wife&hl=en&client=firefox-a

[Fla Dem]

44. No transcript, but cnn.com reporting some of the press conference....

<snip>

The 25-year-old mother of two, who began dating McCloy when she was 13, said at a news conference Friday that her husband was a fan of heavy metal music, and his interests also include bow hunting and working on cars and electronics.

She said Randy was a devoted husband and father who worked at the mines so she could stay home with the kids. Every morning, she said, the two met at the front door before he went to work and Randy told her, "God loves you, and he loves me, too."

Anna had not spent much time with Randy on Friday because he was undergoing so many tests, but she said she was sure he would recover.

"If he was strong enough to pull through 41 hours in the mines, he's strong enough to pull through this," she said.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/06/mine.survivor/index.html

[jasmeel]

5. Well that should be nice for the other families to hear. Can they

assume their dead husbands,dads are rotting in hell?

[villager]

6. oh, that'll help the whole town come together in its grief

n/t

[politicaholic]

7. Or perhaps God didn't have a friggin' thing to do with it...

and the fact that his body is able to absorb oxygen better because of his age.

:banghead:

[txindy]

8. Well, if that's what she meant to say, she won't be popular back home.

Good Lord.

[medeak]

9. didn't the other miners give him their oxygen? n/t

[PA Democrat]

15. We posted that at the same time.

I heard that also, but didn't know any details.

[alphafemale]

22. Or maybe he took it from them.

That's be the Pat Robertson type of Christianity.

:shrug:

[gkhouston]

27. let's not go there

most of the other miners had been working in the mines for decades and probably had lung disease as a result. And it's not clear to me that this guy is out of the woods just yet.

[Vinca]

10. I hope God didn't leave him a veggie for the rest of his life. nt

[PA Democrat]

11. I saw an interview of the wife this morning

and a reporter asked a multi-part question and said something about the other miners sharing their oxygen with her husband. The wife did not respond to that part of the question, but I am curious what the story was. Anyone else hear anything about this?

[DS1]

13. First I've heard of that

:shrug:

[lpbk2713]

14. Somebody's been talkin' to Falwell.

Or maybe Robertson.

[LSK]

19. yep, follow the money

How long till shes on the 700 club?

[Fla Dem]

17. Geez, give me a freaking break. If true, that's terrible. n/t

[lukasahero]

29. It's NOT true.

Google it. All the news accounts are saying she is refusing to speak at the press conferences.

[DS1]

35. I JUST SAW IT ON CNN!!

fuck it

believe what you want, i'm outta here

[lukasahero]

38. You also say you are paraphrasing and that it is your interpretation eom

[txindy]

37. And the news accounts are always right, yes? Does that mean 12 are alive?

:eyes: You might want to hold off, yourself.

Adding: She certainly did have a press conference of her own. I don't see the quote the OP referenced, but here she is before the microphones.



The 25-year-old mother of two, who began dating McCloy when she was 13, said at a news conference Friday that her husband was a fan of heavy metal music, and his interests also include bow hunting and working on cars and electronics.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/06/mine.survivor/index.html

[PA Democrat]

50. I heard her answer reporters' questions on TV this morning

It was a press conference at which the wife, the mother, and the first lady of West Virginia answered questions from the press. I can't confirm or deny whether she said this because I was in and out of the room getting my kids ready for school and didn't hear the entire interview. This was on either Good Morning America or WTAE in Pittsburgh, the local ABC affiliate.

She answered a number of questions which focused around his condition. She said she talked to him about going hunting and fishing again, and that the children visited him briefly. She responded to a question about how she explained her husband's condition to her young children. It was this press conference at which a reporter asked something about the other miners sharing their oxygen with her husband. There was more that I didn't catch.

[Lexingtonian]

18. Praise be to The Lord!

And West Virginians complain about being stereotyped as backwoods hicks. This is ridiculously medieval "thinking".

[RagingInMiami]

20. Pat Robertson agrees

[JI7]

21. i thought it was because he was younger

and therefore able to withstand such conditions for longer than the others. especially since the others have been working there for years longer and the pollution has built up in them.

i can't believe she would say that though. especially with Pat Robertson's comments on SHaron it's hard to have respect for people who have such a faith in that type of God.

[lukasahero]

24. Oh knock it off. Leave the poor woman alone.

She's is worried about her husband, feels terrible that others lost their family members and isn't even answering questions according to any account I've been able to find. Here are some sources:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060105/ap_on_re_us/mine_explosion_survivor
"McCloy's wife, Anna, looking pale and exhausted, attended a news conference at the hospital Wednesday but did not answer questions."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-04-mine-survivor_x.htm
"Anna McCloy declined to answer questions at a news conference, saying only, "Just ask everybody to keep on praying.""

"...Anna told her she had "this feeling of great relief but also, not guilt, but how badly she felt that not everybody was getting that same news.""

[MrSlayer]

30. How about the actual quote? And a link?

I'll make a judgment then.

[gulfcoastliberal]

31. What a horrid, disgusting thing to say.

She must love her hate. I hope the other families have an opportunity to discuss those words with her. If this is true, she is lower than pond scum. :puke: :mad:

[notadmblnd]

34. Depending on how extensive the brain damage is that he suffered

She just might think in a few weeks, that the dead miners are the ones that "God" showed mercey to.

[rniel]

39. If she's a right wing christian

She'll say the other miners were trapped in there cause they were queer. My husband was the only straight one.

[RevCheesehead]

40. Link, please.

I'd rather base judgment on an actual quote, rather than your interpretation.

[DS1]

42. How many times do I have to write that this was on the television?

Or do you need links for that, too :eyes:

[RevCheesehead]

45. You're making a rather judgmental statement based on what you

think you heard. And it's a flameworthy one at that. IMO, jumping to conclusions without confirmation makes your post no better than the corporate media who fucked up royally.

Verify first, then bitch. But consider that maybe you didn't hear it correctly, or maybe you just heard what you wanted to.

[gkhouston]

46. given that spinbaby apparently heard something quite different

I think I'll wait until I can see/hear an exact quote.

[RevCheesehead]

47. I think that would be very, very wise.

;)

[gkhouston]

48. shouldn't that be vewwy, vewwy?

Damn, where's a good picture of Elmer Fudd when you need one?

[RevCheesehead]

49. Hell, where's the fucking DUDQ when you need them???

:evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

51. fucking? n/t

[RevCheesehead]

52. check your PM. n/t

[gkhouston]

53. uh-oh. not supposed to reveal the carnal activities

of rabbit hunters, was I? ;-)

[spinbaby]

43. I didn't hear her say that

She was just on. She said that knowing he had a wife and children pulled him through and that he had a lot of faith. In what I saw, she did NOT say that he pulled through because he was somehow more religious than the others.

[Avalux]

54. Locking.

Since there's no way to verify the information in the original post and it has been refuted, it's probably a good idea to end the discussion here.