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Video digest: Miners' relatives rejoice, wail
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(CNN) -- In the moments and hours after learning that trapped miners -- said to be alive -- were in fact dead, relatives and friends wailed, screamed, fought and demanded answers from backpedaling officials who had snatched away their joy. Their words and faces convey a brutal journey from hope to horror. Anna Casto, miner's cousin"Some of us is right down to saying we don't even know if there is a Lord anymore. We had a miracle and it was taken away from us." (Watch Casto's angry demand for apologies and explanations -- 3:21) Town resident, friend of miner Terry Helms"We got 12 alive!" (Watch the man's sobbing euphoria -- :53) Lynette Roby, dejected town resident"I don't how this information could get this far.... We knew something was strange when the governor was coming in with a look of total disbelief." (Watch Roby describe what led to fists flying in the church -- 5:44) Sam Lance, miner's brother in law"They were screaming and crying ... It was all awful ... I thought I was going to pass out." (Watch why Lance is 'sickened to the stomach' -- 4:15) John Casto, friend of miners"The loved ones was out on the porch, wrapped in blankets waiting for their father or brothers to come up and just give them a hug." (Watch Casto recount the confusion and cussing -- 7:23) Ben Hatfield, Sago mine official"The initial report from the rescue team to the command center indicated multiple survivors. But that information proved to be a miscommunication." (Watch when officials changed the story -- 9:00)
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