West Virginia Mine Tragedy (16 images)

Jennifer Scott (L), daughter of miner Deward Allen Scott, 58, of Montcoal, West Virginia, puts her hand on her head during his wake at Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville, WV, on April 8, 2010. Scott was one of twenty five confirmed to have died in the April 5 mine explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine, operated by Performance Coal Company, a subsidiary of Massey Energy. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

Gilbert Borsey (R), a local TV reporter, is confronted by State Troopers during a wake for miner Deward Allen Scott, 58, of Montcoal, West Virginia, at Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville, WV, on April 8, 2010. Scott was one of twenty five confirmed to have died in the April 5 mine explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine, operated by Performance Coal Company, a subsidiary of Massey Energy. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on the mine tragedy in West Virginia on April 9, 2010. An explosion on April 5 killed 25 workers at Massey Energy Co.'s Upper Big Branch mine and rescuers are still working to save 4 trapped miners. President Obama also spoke on the retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn

A hearse carries miner Steven "Smiley" Harrah, 40, past a sign offering prayers to miners and families in Shady Spring, West Virginia, on April 9, 2010. Harrah is one of 25 known to have died after an explosion in Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia on April 5. Four miners remain unaccounted for as rescue workers have been unable to fully search the mine due to dangerous gasses. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg