【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ghbors consoling each other, and supporting each other and leaning on one ’ve seen it, the strength of that the days that followed the disaster, s and letters poured into the White from different places across the country, they often began the same way: “I am proud to be from a family of miners.” “I am the son of a coal miner.” “I am proud to be a coal miner’s daughter.”(Applause.)They were always proud, and they asked me to keep our miners in my thoughts, in my forget, they say, miners keep America’s lights on.(Applause.)And then in these letters, they make a simple plea: Don’t let this happen again.(Applause.)Don39。t let this happen can we fail them? How can a nation that relies on its miners not do everything in its power to protect them? How can we let anyone in this country put their lives at risk by simply showing up to work。by simply pursuing the American Dream? We cannot bring back the 29 men we are with the Lord task, here on Earth, is to save lives from being lost in another such tragedy。to do what must do, individually and collectively, to assure safe conditions underground(applause)to treat our miners like they treat each otherlike a family.(Applause.)Because we are all family and we are all Americans.(Applause.)And we have to lean on one another, and look out for one another, and love one another, and pray for one ’s a psalm that es to mind today– a psalm that es to mind, a psalm we often turn to in times of heartache.“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me。your rod and your staff, they fort me.” God bless our miners.(Applause.)GodblesstheirblessWest Virginia.(Applause.)And God bless the United States of America.(Applause.)災(zāi)難發(fā)生的幾分鐘，幾小時(shí)，幾日之后，這個(gè)社區(qū)終被外界關(guān)注。搜救者，冒著風(fēng)險(xiǎn)在充滿沼氣和一氧化碳的狹窄地道里搜尋，抱著一線希望去發(fā)現(xiàn)一位幸存者。朋友們打開門廊的燈守夜；懸掛自制的標(biāo)語上寫著，“為我們的礦工和他們的家人祈禱?！编従觽儽舜税参浚喾鱿嘁?。我看到了，這就是社區(qū)的力量。在災(zāi)難隨后的幾天，電子郵件和信件涌入白宮。郵戳來自全國各地，人們通常都是同一開頭：“我很驕傲來自一個(gè)礦工的家庭?！薄拔沂且幻V工的兒子?！薄拔液茏院滥艹蔀橐幻V工的女人。”……他們都感到自豪，他們讓我關(guān)護(hù)我們的礦工，為他們祈禱。他們說，不要忘了，礦工維持著美國的光亮。在這些信件里，他們提出一個(gè)很小的要求：不要讓這樣的事再發(fā)生。不要讓這事情再發(fā)生。我們怎忍讓他們失望？一個(gè)依賴礦工的國家怎能不盡全力履行職責(zé)保護(hù)他們？我們的國家怎能容忍人們僅因工作就付出生命；難道僅僅是因?yàn)樗麄冏非竺绹鴫魡?？我們不能?9條逝去的生命回來。他們此刻與主同在。我們在這里的任務(wù)，就是防止有生命再在這樣的悲劇中逝去。去做我們必須做的，無論個(gè)人或是集體，去確保礦下的安全，向他們對待彼此那樣對待我們的礦工，如同一家人。因?yàn)槲覀兪且患胰?，我們都是美國人。我們必須要彼此依靠，守望彼此，愛護(hù)彼此，為彼此祈福祈禱。今天，我想起一首圣歌，在我們心痛時(shí)會(huì)想起這首歌?！拔译m行過死蔭的幽谷，但心無所懼，因你與我同在。你的杖，你的竿，都在安慰我。”上帝保佑我們的礦工！上帝保佑他們的家人！上帝保佑西弗吉尼亞！上帝保佑美國！第三篇：奧巴馬悼念死難礦工的講話!奧巴馬悼念死難礦工的講話！我們國家怎能容忍為工作付出生命？奧巴馬在悼念儀式上神色嚴(yán)峻，他的右邊是每位遇難礦工的頭盔。美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬等人在遇難礦工哀悼儀式現(xiàn)場新華網(wǎng)華盛頓4月10日電 美國警方10日證實(shí)，搜救隊(duì)當(dāng)天凌晨在西弗吉尼亞州煤礦爆炸現(xiàn)場又發(fā)現(xiàn)4具遇難者遺體，至此這場礦難死亡人數(shù)上升至29人。西弗吉尼亞州首府查爾斯頓附近一處煤礦5日下午發(fā)生爆炸。初步搜救結(jié)果顯示礦難共造成至少25人死亡，另有4人失蹤。此后，救援人員為尋找4名仍然生死未卜的礦工多次下井，但每次都因安全原因撤回。搜救隊(duì)9日再次下井搜尋幸存者，至10日凌晨，4名失蹤者遺體均被發(fā)現(xiàn)。警方說10日早晨將開始把仍在煤礦中的22具遺體運(yùn)出，以便確認(rèn)遇難者身份。另外7具遺體已在礦難發(fā)生不久后被運(yùn)出。最新死亡人數(shù)使這場礦難成為自1970年以來發(fā)生在美國境內(nèi)傷亡情況最嚴(yán)重的礦難。We’re here to memorialize 29 Americans: Carl Steven Allan Timothy Lee Dean Roosevelt Darrell Lee Keith Earl Dale Ricky I, or the Vice President, or the Governor, none of the speakers here today, nothing we say can fill the hole they leave in your hearts, or the absence that they leave in your any fort can be found, it can, perhaps, be found by seeking the face of God(applause)who quiets our troubled minds, a God who mends our broken hearts, a God who eases our mourning as we mourn 29 lives lost, we also remember 29 lives at 4:30 ., 5:00 in the morning at the latest, they began their day, as they worked, in coveralls and hardtoe boots, a hardhat over their heads, they would sit quietly for their hourlong journey, five miles into a mountain, the only light the lamp on their caps, or the glow from the mantrip they rode after day, they would burrow into the coal, the fruits of their labor, what so often we take for granted: the electricity that lights up a convention center。that lights up our church or our home, our school, our office。the energy that powers our country。the energy that powers the world.(Applause.)And most days they’d emerge from the dark mine, squinting at the days, they’d emerge, sweaty and dirty and dusted from days, they’d e not that men– these husbands, fathers, grandfathers, brothers sons, uncles, nephews– they did not take on their job unaware of the of them had already been injured。some of them had seen a friend get they understood there were their families did, knew their kids would say a prayer at night before they knew their wives would wait for a call when their shift ended saying everything was knew their parents felt a pang of fear every time a breaking news alert came on, or the radio cut they left for the mines anyway– some, having waited all their lives to be miners。having longed to follow in the footsteps of their fathers and their yet, none of them did it for themselves that hard work, all that hardship, all the time spent underground, it was all for the was all for a car in the driveway, a roof a chance to give their kids opportunities that they would never know, and enjoy retirement with their was all in the hopes of something so these miners lived– as they died– in pursuit of the American , in the mines, for their families, they became a family themselves– sharing birthdays, relaxing together, watching Mountaineers football or basketball together, spending days off together, hunting or may not have always loved what they did, said a sister, but they loved doing it loved doing it as a loved doing it as a ’s a spirit that’s reflected in a song that almost every American it’s a song most people, I think, would be surprised was actually written by a coal miner’s son about this town, Beckley, about the people of West ’s the song, Lean on Me– an anthem of friendship, but also an anthem of munity, of ing munity was revealed for all to see in the minutes, and hours, and days after the , risking their own safety, scouring narrow tunnels saturated with methane and carbon monoxide, hoping against hope they might find a keeping porch lights on in a nightly vigil。hanging up homemade signs