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Patrick Morrisey: “Estimates of many tens of millions of gallons water and we…”

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Governor Morrisey Provides Updates After Rolling Thunder Mine Visit

Published | Video Starts at 01:41

A lot of effort was put in trying to save Stephen's life over the last number of days. What we've learned is that there was a massive quantity of water that had come into the mine. Estimates of many tens of millions of gallons water and we believe probably over 30 million gallons has been drained. That's a lot of water. And at about 6 o' clock or so in the morning, the water level had gotten down low enough for the rescue crew to be … (01:41–01:50)

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Asserts that over 30 million gallons of water have been drained from the mine.

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