Possibly the worst miss-communication/stuffup imaginable!

[Kresge]

I can just imagine one of the rescue workers reporting something like "we found them" and all the network and newspaper reporters spreading the word that they were alive and adding their own stylistic embellishments before the company people even had a chance to ask whether the miners were ok.

Of course everyone will blame the mine company executives and not the media. I 'm sure tens of thousands of tax dollars will be spent on a two year long government investigation to find out who to pin the blame on for the miscommunication instead of focusing on what to do to prevent future disasters in mines.

And somehow President bush will find a way to link the explosion to the war on terror and how we all have to stand vigilant.