On Wednesday I work with Susan — the other reporter in the Gulf Coast Bureau who came in from a local news station in town. It turned out to be a great experience. She is a very good reporter, an incredibly nice woman and easy to work with. And I’m very lucky that’s the case
It was Thursday night and after a good run and workout at the gym I thought I might have a beer and listen to music on my computer before I went to bed. But first walk the boy — er, dog, Pedro. When I walked back in my blackberry had a voicemail and email message
We began our liveshots at 6am on the notes. A nephew of the miner who left one came to our site to be a guest on the morning show. He looked spent. After he was done with the interview he gave me a copy of the note. It gave me chills to even hold it.
We got back to the hotel around 1230am. We both turned on our tv’s to CNN. Anderson was reporting that the miners were found alive. I couldn’t believe it. I was happy, but it just seemed too good to be true. I ran over to Kimberly’s room and she was watching too. I called Rich
I was sitting at my computer getting caught up on emails after having been away for the holidays when a wire crossed about 13 miners who were trapped deep below in a coal mine in West Virginia. That was at about 11am. By two o’clock I was headed to my apartment to gather some clothes