west wing week: “the mysterious case of mysterious case 55” (oct 29, 2010)

hope….

President Obama: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the brave miners, their families, and the men and women who have been working so hard to rescue them. While that rescue is far from over and difficult work remains, we pray that by God’s grace, the miners will be able to emerge safely and return to their families soon.”

The family of trapped miners Renan and Florencio Avalos spend time together a few hours before the start of the rescue operation in Copiapo, Chile, October 12

Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera hugs miner Florencio Avalos after Avalos was rescued from the the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile

West Wing Week (“Doing the Math” april 4, 2010)

White House YouTube Channel: This week, walk step-by-step with the President as he attends a naturalization ceremony for some members of the Armed Forces, delivers a eulogy for West Virginia miners, welcomes the World Series Champion New York Yankees, travels to the Midwest as part of his White House to Main Street tour, and much more.

support

President Barack Obama walks with Linda Davis, the grandmother of deceased miner Cory Davis, during a memorial for the victims of the Upper Branch Mine explosion in Beckley, W.Va., April 25, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

in memory

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden attend a memorial service for the 29 men, killed on April 5 in the worst US mining disaster in decades, at the Beckley-Raleigh Country Convention Center in Backley, West Virginia, on April 25, 2010.

A helmet of a victim with President Barack Obama’s autograph on it is placed on a cross during the memorial service