At 3:02 p.m. on April 5, 2010, time stood still in West Virginia.Twenty-nine men lost their lives in the worst coal mining disaster in the nation in 40 years.

Eyewitness News produced a special in 2020 looking at the mining tragedy and honoring the 29 men who died. Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/3nOzu1e

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