Johnny Isakson, United States Senator from Georgia


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, May 20, 2006 Isakson Mourns Deaths of Five Miners in Kentucky Mine Explosion WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) , who chairs the Senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the mine explosion in southeastern Kentucky that killed five miners early this morning: "I was heartbroken to learn this morning of yet another catastrophe in an underground coal mine, this time in Holmes Mill, Kentucky. Dianne and I express our deepest condolences to the loved ones of those who perished. "It was just this week that I had the privilege of meeting again with some of the family members who lost love ones in the Sago Mine Disaster in West Virginia earlier this year. Now, another five families must experience a grief that none of us can imagine. "I commend the immediate response by the brave mine rescue team members who raced to the scene to attempt to save their fellow miners. "I will keep the families of those who died and the entire Holmes Mill community in my thoughts and prayers." ###
E-mail: http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm Washington: United States Senate, 120 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 Tel: (202) 224-3643 Fax: (202) 228-0724 Atlanta: One Overton Park, 3625 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 970, Atlanta, GA 30339 Tel: (770) 661-0999 Fax: (770) 661-0768

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, May 20, 2006

Isakson Mourns Deaths of Five Miners in Kentucky Mine Explosion

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) , who chairs the Senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the mine explosion in southeastern Kentucky that killed five miners early this morning:

"I was heartbroken to learn this morning of yet another catastrophe in an underground coal mine, this time in Holmes Mill, Kentucky. Dianne and I express our deepest condolences to the loved ones of those who perished.

"It was just this week that I had the privilege of meeting again with some of the family members who lost love ones in the Sago Mine Disaster in West Virginia earlier this year. Now, another five families must experience a grief that none of us can imagine.

"I commend the immediate response by the brave mine rescue team members who raced to the scene to attempt to save their fellow miners.

"I will keep the families of those who died and the entire Holmes Mill community in my thoughts and prayers."

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E-mail: http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Washington: United States Senate, 120 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-3643 Fax: (202) 228-0724
Atlanta: One Overton Park, 3625 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 970, Atlanta, GA 30339
Tel: (770) 661-0999 Fax: (770) 661-0768