During the Sago Mine Disaster in 2006,families of the Trapped

question 19

Multiple Choice

During the Sago mine disaster in 2006,families of the trapped miners were erroneously led to believe that the men had been successfully rescued because ________.

• A)the mining company did not have crisis communication plan
• B)the mining company's crisis communications plan was not followed
• C)state officials "jumped the gun" in a effort to get credit for the rescue
• D)company officials lied to them
• E)the families were impatient

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