“It seems no matter where I go or what I do, it’s Don Blankenship,” Davis, 50, said recently, driving along the Kanawha River in his Toyota Tacoma. Davis was a miner at Upper Big Branch with his eldest son, Cory Davis; his only brother, Timmy Davis; and a nephew, Joshua Napper. Atkins lost his son Jason at Upper Big Branch. “Don Blankenship scared those people to death.” ***Dave Jamieson/HuffPost Davis believes Blankenship's campaign is an insult to Upper Big Branch families. As West Virginia’s governor, Manchin was at Upper Big Branch in the days following the explosion.

Source: Huffington Post April 30, 2018 16:52 UTC