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(CNN) -- She'll never forget the day her 17-year-old son, John, asked her permission to enlist in the U.S. military. "Mom, I owe this to my country."

Samantha Schroeder of Chester, Maryland, worries about her 19-year-old son, John, who is deploying to Iraq.

Now, at age 19, her son is a Marine preparing to deploy to Iraq.

"He doesn't care if you do or don't understand his choice; he isn't concerned with political views, religion or race. His greatest concern is doing the job he is asked to do with skill and pride, protecting those abroad and at home and standing up to the standards he has set for himself," Samantha Schroeder said.

iReporters shared an array of stories about how the Iraq war has affected them over the past five years.

One man said he met his wife, a fellow service member, while serving in Iraq.

Others described the pain of having fathers so far away, especially when new children are born. Some military wives said they often keep their true feelings to themselves, fearing that they would affect their husbands' morale in the field.  See photos, hear stories of sacrifice Â»

Below are a selection of responses from iReporters, some of which have been edited for length and clarity.

Angela Fritz of Fort Hood, Texas "Having [my husband] gone is the worst kind of pain. It is the burden I chose to bear but am not happy to. On the outside, I have to stand strong. I have to support my country and my husband, regardless of what I feel. That is the Army way. I am so proud of him for having the courage to step up and serve his country. On the inside, I am angry and worn thin. Of course, I want my husband home, but it's so much more than that now."

Samantha Schroeder of Chester, Maryland "I am the mother of a 19-year-old Marine. He joined while still in his senior year. When he came to me to sign his enlistment papers, I was hesitant. No, I was downright, 'Not in a million years.' He was only 17. How could I give him permission? Just wait, I asked, and think about it some more. He looked at me with a mixture of fear in thinking I might not sign and anger in knowing I didn't understand. And what he said next has stuck in my head through all his training, and now he leaves in a week for Iraq. He told me, 'Mom, I owe this to my country.' ...

"Now, as he prepares for Iraq deployment, I am a little better prepared for what the future holds mentally. But to me, he and most of the men who will accompany him are so young. They still seem like boys to me, but I know they are men. Willing to serve their country. I remember 9/11 like it was yesterday, and I also remember the fear that was on that seventh-grader's face when he was bused home early that day and watched the events unfold on the TV. And now he stands as a Marine, willing to sacrifice his everyday freedoms to assure we are safe here at home."

Katherine Shigekane of Virginia Beach, Virginia "The Iraq war has changed our lives in many ways. My husband has been serving in the Navy for 16 years, and since March 2003, he has been on four different deployments. Our lives have been affected in many ways. Our wedding plans were changed due to the invasion. He missed most of my first pregnancy. He was able to be home for the birth of our twins but left again when they were a year old and was gone until after their second birthday. He is now gone again. ... As a family I think we have learned to appreciate the time we do spend together."

joshM  "While serving in Iraq with the United States Marines, I met my wife. She is in the United States Army. We met while on R&R in Qatar. We did long distance for the remaining time that we had left of our deployment and then another year while I was still stationed in Cherry Point, North Carolina. She is still stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. After I separated from the Marines as a corporal, I moved to Kentucky to be with her. We are now happily married, and she is on her third tour to Iraq. So even though the news shows all the bad things of war, some good really does come from it."

ChristopherM "I am a soldier in the U.S. Army. I am a 20-year-old combat veteran. I returned home this past summer and enrolled in college with hopes of going to law school. Unfortunately, with future deployments likely to postpone my schooling, I will be in college long past traditional college years. That is just a minor nuisance compared with the fact that relating to my family and friends is infinitely more difficult since I've returned. I find myself zoning out and going back to the war during family functions and when I'm out with my friends, I apparently talk in my sleep about the war and occasionally sleepwalk."

Sierra Derrick of Waymart, Pennsylvania "This is the second time my husband is deploying to Iraq, and trust me, it only gets harder!! The first time, I was 17 years old, two months pregnant and a brand-new bride. (We got married literally the day before he left.) Now, exactly four years later, we are in the same situation, although things are a little different. Together we have two amazingly beautiful little boys, Connor and Carson, ages 3 and 1. Needless to say, he is their hero as well as mine.

"The impact that this war has had on our family has been extraordinary. We are so incredibly proud of him in ways that civilian families couldn't comprehend. We have been brought closer because of these deployments, and the support we have is absolutely phenomenal.

"In that sense, I believe it has been worth it." E-mail to a friend

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question: What caused the husband to miss his wife's pregnancy?

answer: Iraq war

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question: What did one woman say about her husband?

answer: "Having [my husband] gone is the worst kind of pain.

text: "Having [my husband] gone is the worst kind of pain.

question: What did the woman say?

answer: "He doesn't care if you do or don't understand his choice; he isn't concerned with political views, religion or race. His greatest concern is doing the job he is asked to do with skill and pride, protecting those abroad and at home and standing up to the standards he has set for himself,"

text: "He doesn't care if you do or don't understand his choice; he isn't concerned with political views, religion or race. His greatest concern is doing the job he is asked to do with skill and pride, protecting those abroad and at home and standing up to the standards he has set for himself,"

question: What is the worse pain for the woman?

answer: "Having [my husband] gone

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question: What changed the wedding plans?

answer: invasion.

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question: What did iReporters share thoughts on?

answer: how the Iraq war has affected them

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question: What was the worst kind of pain?

answer: "Having [my husband] gone

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question: What changed wedding plans?

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LAVONIA, Georgia (CNN) -- Sonya Savage's back door opens to a cozy wooden porch that serves as a shelter for her 9-year-old son's bicycles and spare parts.

Residents of Beaver Creek in Lavonia, Georgia, say they had no idea a neighbor was holding his family captive.

A 30-foot tract of red clay and splotchy crab grass separates her mobile home from the home of Raymond Daniel Thurmond, a residence so rank and squalid that it forced a seasoned police investigator to vomit upon entering. Another officer donned a gas mask just to walk inside.

Savage and her neighbors say they had no clue that Thurmond, 36, had a wife, let alone four kids; they were also oblivious that Thurmond may have held the five hostage in the three-bedroom mobile home for three years.

"My son, he's a little bicycle mechanic. He's always in the backyard, and he don't recall ever seeing nobody over here," said Savage, 29, who also has a 4-year-old daughter. "Usually I've got a yard full of kids, but I've never seen any of those kids come out and play."

Savage recalls speaking to Thurmond once, after someone stole one of her son's bike tires. Thurmond kindly told Savage he hadn't seen anything suspicious.

"He was nice, polite, seemed like a normal guy," she said.  Watch a walk-through of the filth Â»

Alma Medina, the property manager for the 100-unit Beaver Creek mobile home park, lives three doors from what is now a crime scene. She remembers Thurmond was a polite fellow. He always called her "Miss Alma" when he dropped by the office to explain that his rent was late, a routine occurrence that eventually led Medina's maintenance man to a foul discovery.

She occasionally saw Thurmond mingling with other tenants, but she never saw his family. The only indication that one existed, Medina said, was that he and his wife both signed a lease August 22, 2005, and noted on their application that they had three sons and a daughter.

"I never saw them outside, never," she said.  See what the trailer looked like Â»

Lavonia, a city of about 2,000 on Interstate 85, about five miles from South Carolina and the sprawling Lake Hartwell, is not the best place to keep secrets. The locals know each other, if only by face, and the police chief personally directs school traffic and walks the entire town daily to check on local businesses. The self-professed "big-time small town" has its share of crime, but hasn't seen a murder in six years.

Lt. Missy Collins, the investigator who had Thurmond arrested Tuesday after a two-week investigation, said her husband used to work with Thurmond at a pump-manufacturing facility in nearby Toccoa.

Chief Bruce Carlisle remembers seeing the burly 6-foot-4 Thurmond around town, at hardware and grocery stores. He generally wore shorts, work boots and a tank top or sleeveless shirt. Carlisle and Thurmond weren't acquainted, but the chief heard he was always cordial.

"You never saw anybody with him," the chief said.

Authorities never had a problem with Thurmond until August 4, when Collins received a call from a women's shelter.

"They said they had a mother and four kids, and apparently they'd been kept at home, and there was some abuse allegations and the dad wouldn't let them leave," Collins said.

Collins interviewed the women and children, who all gave the same story: Thurmond had forced the wife, three sons (9, 13 and 14 years old) and his 12-year-old daughter to remain inside.

Police are still investigating how. Medina on Wednesday provided CNN a tour of the trailer that revealed a hasp, used to secure a door with a padlock, that had been fastened to the mobile home's back door. Holes on the inside of the front door and on one of the children's bedroom doors indicate hasps had been placed there as well, Medina said.

Collins said police are not sure if padlocks were the only way Thurmond imprisoned his family. There is no indication Thurmond had any accomplices, but he was prone to bouts of rage. Collins said Thurmond had once allegedly raped his wife with the children in the next room.  Watch Collins explain how Thurmond instilled fear Â»

"The entire family lived in fear of this man," the investigator said. "Just his presence alone was enough for them to comply."

They had never left the trailer except for a few hours in April, when Thurmond allowed them to visit his in-laws in North Carolina. Collins said the wife's parents had been sending the family money and threatened to cease sending cash if their daughter and grandchildren didn't visit.

The wife's mother answered the phone Wednesday, but said she had been told not to speak to the media. It is unclear by whom. Her parents' names are being withheld to protect the woman's identity.

Collins said she is not certain exactly what emboldened the family to flee the filthy trailer, but the mother told police that Thurmond had said he was leaving her for another woman. He'd be back in a few days, he told her, and he'd left some food for them, Collins said.

The food was insufficient, Collins said, but she is not sure if it was hunger or ire over the mistress that provided the impetus to leave -- "only the mother could really tell you why."

When Collins interviewed the family, all but one of the children were pale and thin, she said. Only one, the 14-year-old, had ever attended school, and though the mother said the other children were home-schooled, the children told Collins that Thurmond wouldn't buy them school supplies.

When Collins visited the home, the only educational implement she found was an old dictionary, she said.

After interviewing the family, Collins launched a manhunt that ended without incident Tuesday at Thurmond's workplace, a poultry processing plant in neighboring Stephens County.

About the time Collins kicked off her hunt for Thurmond, Medina was growing frustrated that he hadn't paid his rent. On August 6, after Thurmond hadn't responded to a notice on his door threatening eviction, Medina sent her maintenance man to the mobile home.

He returned disturbed and told Medina he hadn't entered the home, she said.

"I want you to see this with your own eyes," she recalled the maintenance worker telling her. "You better wear some shoes and gloves or something."

The kitchen floor was rotted. Heavy, brown stains covered both toilets. There were anthills under a mattress in the master bedroom. Roaches freely roamed the inside of the refrigerator, and maggots owned the stove.

There were several piles of trash, including one reaching the laundry room ceiling and a mound of Diet Mountain Dew bottles between a recliner and the living room couch. Tufts of human hair were scattered on the kitchen floor among bags of fetid trash.  Watch how the home remained squalid after a week of cleaning Â»

Collins said she went behind an adjacent mobile home and vomited when she and another officer first opened the door. This was after the windows had been opened to air out the residence.

Collins said she had never experienced such a stench -- this from a police investigator who as recently as last week rode in an ambulance with a corpse that had been pulled from a burning building.

When Collins went in the bathroom and pulled back the once-clear-but-now-chocolate-brown shower curtain, it revealed so many roaches that the bathtub floor appeared to be moving.

On Wednesday, after a week of cleaning that has already yielded two Dumpsters of trash, dozens of roaches still scurried across the floor and walls. A stench still lingered, and a film of bug feces covered the kitchen counters.

Medina said she has to gut the entire trailer and replace the floor, walls and ceiling before she can rent it again. Collins said rebuilding the family may take more work.

As of Thursday morning, Thurmond still didn't have an attorney and no bail hearing had been set, Collins said.

In an interrogation after his arrest, Thurmond seemed "even-tempered" and didn't behave like someone being charged with rape and a host of other felonies, Collins said. Though he was not forthcoming and admitted nothing during the interview, Collins said, one aspect of his behavior stoked her suspicion.

"If I had been arrested and hadn't done anything, my first reaction would be, 'Where's my wife and kids?' " Collins said. "He didn't even ask until he was behind bars."

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text: a

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text: serves

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text: a

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text: old

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text: clue

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text: kids

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text: were

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text: in

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text: 's

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text: the

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text: and

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text: n't

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text: ever

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text: nobody

text: over

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text: said

text: Savage

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text: I

text: 've

text: got

text: a

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text: full

text: of

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text: but

text: I

text: 've

text: never

text: seen

text: any

text: of

text: those

text: kids

text: come

text: out

text: and

text: play

text: Savage

text: recalls

text: speaking

text: to

text: Thurmond

text: once

text: after

text: someone

text: stole

text: one

text: of

text: her

text: son

text: 's

text: bike

text: tires

text: Thurmond

text: kindly

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text: he

text: had

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text: seen

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text: suspicious

text: He

text: was

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text: seemed

text: like

text: a

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text: always

text: called

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text: Miss

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text: when

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text: She

text: occasionally

text: saw

text: Thurmond

text: mingling

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text: other

text: tenants

text: but

text: she

text: never

text: saw

text: his

text: family

text: The

text: only

text: indication

text: that

text: one

text: existed

text: Medina

text: said

text: was

text: that

text: he

text: and

text: his

text: wife

text: both

text: signed

text: a

text: lease

text: August

text: and

text: noted

text: on

text: their

text: application

text: that

text: they

text: had

text: three

text: sons

text: and

text: a

text: daughter

text: I

text: never

text: saw

text: them

text: outside

text: never

text: she

text: said

text: See

text: what

text: the

text: trailer

text: looked

text: like

text: Â

text: Lavonia

text: a

text: city

text: of

text: about

text: on

text: Interstate

text: about

text: five

text: miles

text: from

text: South

text: Carolina

text: and

text: the

text: sprawling

text: Lake

text: Hartwell

text: is

text: not

text: the

text: best

text: place

text: to

text: keep

text: secrets

text: The

text: locals

text: know

text: each

text: other

text: if

text: only

text: by

text: face

text: and

text: the

text: police

text: chief

text: personally

text: directs

text: school

text: traffic

text: and

text: walks

text: the

text: entire

text: town

text: daily

text: to

text: check

text: on

text: local

text: businesses

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text: time

text: small

text: town

text: has

text: its

text: share

text: of

text: crime

text: but

text: has

text: n't

text: seen

text: a

text: murder

text: in

text: six

text: years

text: Lt

text: Missy

text: Collins

text: the

text: investigator

text: who

text: had

text: Thurmond

text: arrested

text: Tuesday

text: after

text: a

text: two

text: week

text: investigation

text: said

text: her

text: husband

text: used

text: to

text: work

text: with

text: Thurmond

text: at

text: a

text: pump

text: manufacturing

text: facility

text: in

text: nearby

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text: Chief

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text: seeing

text: the

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text: town

text: at

text: hardware

text: and

text: grocery

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text: and

text: a

text: tank

text: top

text: or

text: sleeveless

text: shirt

text: Carlisle

text: and

text: Thurmond

text: were

text: n't

text: acquainted

text: but

text: the

text: chief

text: heard

text: he

text: was

text: always

text: cordial

text: You

text: never

text: saw

text: anybody

text: with

text: him

text: the

text: chief

text: said

text: Authorities

text: never

text: had

text: a

text: problem

text: with

text: Thurmond

text: until

text: August

text: when

text: Collins

text: received

text: a

text: call

text: from

text: a

text: women

text: 's

text: shelter

text: They

text: said

text: they

text: had

text: a

text: mother

text: and

text: four

text: kids

text: and

text: apparently

text: they

text: 'd

text: been

text: kept

text: at

text: home

text: and

text: there

text: was

text: some

text: abuse

text: allegations

text: and

text: the

text: dad

text: would

text: n't

text: let

text: them

text: leave

text: Collins

text: said

text: Collins

text: interviewed

text: the

text: women

text: and

text: children

text: who

text: all

text: gave

text: the

text: same

text: story

text: Thurmond

text: had

text: forced

text: the

text: wife

text: three

text: sons

text: and

text: years

text: old

text: and

text: his

text: old

text: daughter

text: to

text: remain

text: inside

text: Police

text: are

text: still

text: investigating

text: how

text: Medina

text: on

text: Wednesday

text: provided

text: CNN

text: a

text: tour

text: of

text: the

text: trailer

text: that

text: revealed

text: a

text: hasp

text: used

text: to

text: secure

text: a

text: door

text: with

text: a

text: padlock

text: that

text: had

text: been

text: fastened

text: to

text: the

text: mobile

text: home

text: 's

text: back

text: door

text: Holes

text: on

text: the

text: inside

text: of

text: the

text: front

text: door

text: and

text: on

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: children

text: 's

text: bedroom

text: doors

text: indicate

text: hasps

text: had

text: been

text: placed

text: there

text: as

text: well

text: Medina

text: said

text: Collins

text: said

text: police

text: are

text: not

text: sure

text: if

text: padlocks

text: were

text: the

text: only

text: way

text: Thurmond

text: imprisoned

text: his

text: family

text: There

text: is

text: no

text: indication

text: Thurmond

text: had

text: any

text: accomplices

text: but

text: he

text: was

text: prone

text: to

text: bouts

text: of

text: rage

text: Collins

text: said

text: Thurmond

text: had

text: once

text: allegedly

text: raped

text: his

text: wife

text: with

text: the

text: children

text: in

text: the

text: next

text: room

text: Watch

text: Collins

text: explain

text: how

text: Thurmond

text: instilled

text: fear

text: Â

text: The

text: entire

text: family

text: lived

text: in

text: fear

text: of

text: this

text: man

text: the

text: investigator

text: said

text: Just

text: his

text: presence

text: alone

text: was

text: enough

text: for

text: them

text: to

text: comply

text: They

text: had

text: never

text: left

text: the

text: trailer

text: except

text: for

text: a

text: few

text: hours

text: in

text: April

text: when

text: Thurmond

text: allowed

text: them

text: to

text: visit

text: his

text: in

text: laws

text: in

text: North

text: Carolina

text: Collins

text: said

text: the

text: wife

text: 's

text: parents

text: had

text: been

text: sending

text: the

text: family

text: money

text: and

text: threatened

text: to

text: cease

text: sending

text: cash

text: if

text: their

text: daughter

text: and

text: grandchildren

text: did

text: n't

text: visit

text: The

text: wife

text: 's

text: mother

text: answered

text: the

text: phone

text: Wednesday

text: but

text: said

text: she

text: had

text: been

text: told

text: not

text: to

text: speak

text: to

text: the

text: media

text: It

text: is

text: unclear

text: by

text: whom

text: Her

text: parents

text: names

text: are

text: being

text: withheld

text: to

text: protect

text: the

text: woman

text: 's

text: identity

text: Collins

text: said

text: she

text: is

text: not

text: certain

text: exactly

text: what

text: emboldened

text: the

text: family

text: to

text: flee

text: the

text: filthy

text: trailer

text: but

text: the

text: mother

text: told

text: police

text: that

text: Thurmond

text: had

text: said

text: he

text: was

text: leaving

text: her

text: for

text: another

text: woman

text: He

text: 'd

text: be

text: back

text: in

text: a

text: few

text: days

text: he

text: told

text: her

text: and

text: he

text: 'd

text: left

text: some

text: food

text: for

text: them

text: Collins

text: said

text: The

text: food

text: was

text: insufficient

text: Collins

text: said

text: but

text: she

text: is

text: not

text: sure

text: if

text: it

text: was

text: hunger

text: or

text: ire

text: over

text: the

text: mistress

text: that

text: provided

text: the

text: impetus

text: to

text: leave

text: only

text: the

text: mother

text: could

text: really

text: tell

text: you

text: why

text: When

text: Collins

text: interviewed

text: the

text: family

text: all

text: but

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: children

text: were

text: pale

text: and

text: thin

text: she

text: said

text: Only

text: one

text: the

text: old

text: had

text: ever

text: attended

text: school

text: and

text: though

text: the

text: mother

text: said

text: the

text: other

text: children

text: were

text: home

text: schooled

text: the

text: children

text: told

text: Collins

text: that

text: Thurmond

text: would

text: n't

text: buy

text: them

text: school

text: supplies

text: When

text: Collins

text: visited

text: the

text: home

text: the

text: only

text: educational

text: implement

text: she

text: found

text: was

text: an

text: old

text: dictionary

text: she

text: said

text: After

text: interviewing

text: the

text: family

text: Collins

text: launched

text: a

text: manhunt

text: that

text: ended

text: without

text: incident

text: Tuesday

text: at

text: Thurmond

text: 's

text: workplace

text: a

text: poultry

text: processing

text: plant

text: in

text: neighboring

text: Stephens

text: County

text: About

text: the

text: time

text: Collins

text: kicked

text: off

text: her

text: hunt

text: for

text: Thurmond

text: Medina

text: was

text: growing

text: frustrated

text: that

text: he

text: had

text: n't

text: paid

text: his

text: rent

text: On

text: August

text: after

text: Thurmond

text: had

text: n't

text: responded

text: to

text: a

text: notice

text: on

text: his

text: door

text: threatening

text: eviction

text: Medina

text: sent

text: her

text: maintenance

text: man

text: to

text: the

text: mobile

text: home

text: He

text: returned

text: disturbed

text: and

text: told

text: Medina

text: he

text: had

text: n't

text: entered

text: the

text: home

text: she

text: said

text: I

text: want

text: you

text: to

text: see

text: this

text: with

text: your

text: own

text: eyes

text: she

text: recalled

text: the

text: maintenance

text: worker

text: telling

text: her

text: You

text: better

text: wear

text: some

text: shoes

text: and

text: gloves

text: or

text: something

text: The

text: kitchen

text: floor

text: was

text: rotted

text: Heavy

text: brown

text: stains

text: covered

text: both

text: toilets

text: There

text: were

text: anthills

text: under

text: a

text: mattress

text: in

text: the

text: master

text: bedroom

text: Roaches

text: freely

text: roamed

text: the

text: inside

text: of

text: the

text: refrigerator

text: and

text: maggots

text: owned

text: the

text: stove

text: There

text: were

text: several

text: piles

text: of

text: trash

text: including

text: one

text: reaching

text: the

text: laundry

text: room

text: ceiling

text: and

text: a

text: mound

text: of

text: Diet

text: Mountain

text: Dew

text: bottles

text: between

text: a

text: recliner

text: and

text: the

text: living

text: room

text: couch

text: Tufts

text: of

text: human

text: hair

text: were

text: scattered

text: on

text: the

text: kitchen

text: floor

text: among

text: bags

text: of

text: fetid

text: trash

text: Watch

text: how

text: the

text: home

text: remained

text: squalid

text: after

text: a

text: week

text: of

text: cleaning

text: Â

text: Collins

text: said

text: she

text: went

text: behind

text: an

text: adjacent

text: mobile

text: home

text: and

text: vomited

text: when

text: she

text: and

text: another

text: officer

text: first

text: opened

text: the

text: door

text: This

text: was

text: after

text: the

text: windows

text: had

text: been

text: opened

text: to

text: air

text: out

text: the

text: residence

text: Collins

text: said

text: she

text: had

text: never

text: experienced

text: such

text: a

text: stench

text: this

text: from

text: a

text: police

text: investigator

text: who

text: as

text: recently

text: as

text: last

text: week

text: rode

text: in

text: an

text: ambulance

text: with

text: a

text: corpse

text: that

text: had

text: been

text: pulled

text: from

text: a

text: burning

text: building

text: When

text: Collins

text: went

text: in

text: the

text: bathroom

text: and

text: pulled

text: back

text: the

text: once

text: clear

text: but

text: now

text: chocolate

text: brown

text: shower

text: curtain

text: it

text: revealed

text: so

text: many

text: roaches

text: that

text: the

text: bathtub

text: floor

text: appeared

text: to

text: be

text: moving

text: On

text: Wednesday

text: after

text: a

text: week

text: of

text: cleaning

text: that

text: has

text: already

text: yielded

text: two

text: Dumpsters

text: of

text: trash

text: dozens

text: of

text: roaches

text: still

text: scurried

text: across

text: the

text: floor

text: and

text: walls

text: A

text: stench

text: still

text: lingered

text: and

text: a

text: film

text: of

text: bug

text: feces

text: covered

text: the

text: kitchen

text: counters

text: Medina

text: said

text: she

text: has

text: to

text: gut

text: the

text: entire

text: trailer

text: and

text: replace

text: the

text: floor

text: walls

text: and

text: ceiling

text: before

text: she

text: can

text: rent

text: it

text: again

text: Collins

text: said

text: rebuilding

text: the

text: family

text: may

text: take

text: more

text: work

text: As

text: of

text: Thursday

text: morning

text: Thurmond

text: still

text: did

text: n't

text: have

text: an

text: attorney

text: and

text: no

text: bail

text: hearing

text: had

text: been

text: set

text: Collins

text: said

text: In

text: an

text: interrogation

text: after

text: his

text: arrest

text: Thurmond

text: seemed

text: even

text: tempered

text: and

text: did

text: n't

text: behave

text: like

text: someone

text: being

text: charged

text: with

text: rape

text: and

text: a

text: host

text: of

text: other

text: felonies

text: Collins

text: said

text: Though

text: he

text: was

text: not

text: forthcoming

text: and

text: admitted

text: nothing

text: during

text: the

text: interview

text: Collins

text: said

text: one

text: aspect

text: of

text: his

text: behavior

text: stoked

text: her

text: suspicion

text: If

text: I

text: had

text: been

text: arrested

text: and

text: had

text: n't

text: done

text: anything

text: my

text: first

text: reaction

text: would

text: be

text: Where

text: 's

text: my

text: wife

text: and

text: kids

text: Collins

text: said

text: He

text: did

text: n't

text: even

text: ask

text: until

text: he

text: was

text: behind

text: bars

question: Who said they never saw Daniel Thurmond's wife or kids?

answer: Savage and her neighbors

text: Savage and her neighbors

question: With what charged has Thurmond be charged with

answer: ith rape and a host of other feloni

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question: What is Thurmond charged with?

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question: What did Thurmond's wife do after she found out he had a mistress?

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question: Where did this happen?

answer: Beaver Creek in Lavonia, Georgia,

text: Beaver Creek in Lavonia, Georgia,

question: What was Thurmond charged with?

answer: ith rape and a host of other feloni

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question: Who or whom did the neightbours say they never saw

answer: had no clue that Thurmond, 36, had a wife, let alone four kids;

text: had no clue that Thurmond, 36, had a wife, let alone four kids;

question: In which small town did Thurmond and his wife live

answer: Beaver Creek in Lavonia, Georgia,

text: Beaver Creek in Lavonia, Georgia,


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Editor's note: Carly Fiorina is chief executive of Carly Fiorina Enterprises and former chief executive of HP. She was an adviser to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign last year.

Carly Fiorina says outrage at Wall St. pay is justified but salaries shouldn't be set by government.

(CNN) -- Americans are outraged over excessive CEO pay and perks. That outrage is justified, particularly when American taxpayers are footing the bill.

Our capitalist system works best when there is transparency and accountability. There has been too little of both on Wall Street.

Inevitably, the president and Congress are now attempting to respond to taxpayer anger and restore some "common sense," as President Obama recently declared, to CEO compensation. The proposed solution caps top executive pay at $500,000 for institutions that have received bailout money.

I don't think this is the answer, although it is an understandable reaction. It's arbitrary: Why not $400,000 or $600,000? It's incomplete. It only applies to institutions that will receive more government assistance going forward. And it doesn't strengthen our economy when government decides how much each job is worth. In America we leave that job to markets.

So what's the answer? To strengthen transparency, all aspects of CEO pay and perks should be fully disclosed on a regular basis. This should include airplanes, cars, golf-club memberships, bonuses, stock options, retirement plans and salaries -- in short everything that a common-sense person would consider part of a CEO reward package. See Fiorina discuss exec pay, including her own Â»

To strengthen accountability, all aspects of CEO compensation should be voted on by shareholders on an annual basis.

Ultimately, it is the owners of a company who must determine whether a CEO's rewards are justified by a CEO's performance. And because the American taxpayer is now a partial owner in many companies, the government can get a vote as well -- in some cases a very sizeable vote.

In addition, "clawback provisions," which require a CEO to return compensation to shareholders if promised results aren't delivered, should be standard fare.

Finally, when a company comes to Washington for American taxpayer money, it is an admission that mistakes have been made and major bets have failed. These CEOs should be prepared to tender their resignations and those of their boards. To earn a bailout, a CEO and board should be held accountable.

We should not weaken our economy while trying to fix it. These are difficult times. President Obama has described our current situation as a "crisis" and an impending "catastrophe." In such times, action is required. The key is to take actions that help in the short-term, while also being sensible for the medium and long-term.

Too often our politicians react to crisis and public anger by over-reaching, and they create new, unforeseen problems that only become clear with the passage of time.

In this country, the opportunity to be rewarded for taking prudent risk is fundamental to our economic vitality and strength. Let's not lose that fundamental principle in our outrage over Wall Street greed and excess.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Carly Fiorina.

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question: What is the reason people are outraged?

answer: over excessive CEO pay and perks.

text: over excessive CEO pay and perks.

question: What is executive compensation?

answer: pay at $500,000

text: pay at $500,000

question: What does she say about pay and perks?

answer: is justified but salaries shouldn't be set by government.

text: is justified but salaries shouldn't be set by government.

question: What did Carly Fiorina say?

answer: outrage at Wall St. pay is justified but salaries shouldn't be set by government.

text: outrage at Wall St. pay is justified but salaries shouldn't be set by government.

question: What does Fiorina say should be disclosed?

answer: all aspects of CEO pay and perks

text: all aspects of CEO pay and perks

question: What should be voted on?

answer: all aspects of CEO compensation

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text:
Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose new book is "Late Edition: A Love Story."

Bob Greene says ordinary life stops when Muhammad Ali appears anywhere.

(CNN) -- It was still early enough in the evening that the main dinner crowd had not yet started to show up; the restaurant, east of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, was less than half-filled.

The party of 10 at the table by the front window had arrived promptly for their 6 p.m. reservation. Nine of the 10 studied their menus, but the 10th, the man at the head of the table, did not.

Muhammad Ali, 67, stared down toward the white tablecloth and drew on a piece of paper. He sketched a picture of a mountain.

There are a handful of men among us who, simply by appearing out of nowhere, make other men and women pause involuntarily to consider the long paths of their own lives. It is as if these men have always been with us, and if you should unexpectedly spot Bob Dylan in an airport, if you should see Paul McCartney walking through a hotel lobby, if you should encounter Sean Connery entering an office building, it will bring you up short. It's like opening a diary, even if you have never met them, even if you have never seen them except on a television set or a movie screen.

Yet Ali is different even from them. Ali -- his story so complicated, his health failing, his imprint on the world so indelible -- makes people mist up the moment they lay eyes on him. It was happening tonight inside this restaurant called the Rosebud Steakhouse; diners at their own tables, not quite sure for a second that they were really seeing what they were seeing, let their gazes linger and could not look away.

Ali drew.

The other men and women at his table -- this was a gathering of family and friends to celebrate a birthday, and Ali had come into Chicago from his farm in Michigan -- talked animatedly and laughed. Ali did not speak. He wore a blue-and-white Hawaiian-style shirt; someone had tucked a white napkin into the space above the top button.

Over the speaker system of the restaurant, a slowed-down acoustic knockoff of the old Tom Petty hit "Free Fallin' " was playing softly:

"She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis ..."

A family, across the way, talked spiritedly among themselves. They were deciding something.

The father and the children stood up.

From the ceiling, the song:

"... and I'm free, free fallin' ..."

They walked over to Ali's table.

"We apologize for the intrusion," the father said.

Ali looked toward them, showing a gentle expression.

The father had a camera. He said to his children: "This is the most famous face in the world."

It is difficult to know what the children made of this. Youth and strength and beauty are so fleeting. The man in the Hawaiian shirt once embodied all of those things, before these children were born. Three times the world heavyweight boxing champion, the center of global fascination and frenzied controversy after winning his first title and then changing his name from Cassius Clay, endlessly mesmerizing with his float-like-a-butterfly, sting-like-a-bee ring style, called "the greatest of all time" so often that the words became almost an official designation, the sight of his flawless face and the sound of his confident-beyond-all-dispute voice a sustaining part of the very atmosphere. ...

But his road has turned hard, and here were these children, who were not around for any of that, standing with their father next to the table.

Ali's family members and friends said it would be all right for the father to take some photos, so he did. When he left, Ali went back to his drawing.

More diners were beginning to arrive at the restaurant. Their evenings changed the moment they caught sight of him. Some pulled out cell phones to call people across the nation; others quietly debated whether to approach him.

Many years ago, I traveled the country with him to prepare a magazine profile for a special issue on the 50 men and women judged to have had the greatest impact on society during their time on Earth. Everywhere Ali went, he was mobbed; people grabbed at him, people cried out, people attempted to touch his face. In the middle of all this one day, he said to me, almost in a whisper:

"This is the whole world. This is what my whole life is like."

That hasn't changed, although his ability to speak aloud about it has.

The food began to arrive at his table. The people to his right and to his left helped him with his. He demonstrated not the least sliver of self-consciousness; this is part of his life now, and he knows how much he is loved.

He handed something to a man named Cleve Walker, who has been his friend for 50 years.

It was a drawing that a young girl had brought over to him earlier. She had made a picture of a butterfly and had presented it to him.

Now Ali gave it to Walker, who took it across the restaurant to where the child was sitting with her family. Ali had signed his name to it. Walker handed it to the little girl. Her face lit up.

Outside the restaurant, on Walton Street, a group of young men walked by, wearing officially licensed jerseys bearing the names and uniform numbers of their favorite current-day sports stars. One of the young men glanced through the windowpane but did not register that the man at whom he was looking was Ali.

Ali studied the tablecloth, and a birthday cake arrived, and the others at the table began to sing in the direction of one woman among them:

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you ..."

Ali did not sing nor did he look up. But then the others reached the penultimate line of the song:

"Happy birthday, dear Marilyn ..."

And with that Ali lifted his head and gazed directly at her, right into her eyes, and smiled the most luminous smile toward her.

"... happy birthday to you."

Soon they rose to depart. Some in the restaurant, now more crowded, applauded. Ali did not react.

And then he was out on the street and in a moment out of sight. Around the next corner, although they did not yet know it, people would soon be stopping in their tracks. He may be the only one who remembers his life when it was any other way.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene.

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text: note

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text: name

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text: flawless

text: face

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text: the

text: sound

text: of

text: his

text: confident

text: beyond

text: all

text: dispute

text: voice

text: a

text: sustaining

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: very

text: atmosphere

text: But

text: his

text: road

text: has

text: turned

text: hard

text: and

text: here

text: were

text: these

text: children

text: who

text: were

text: not

text: around

text: for

text: any

text: of

text: that

text: standing

text: with

text: their

text: father

text: next

text: to

text: the

text: table

text: Ali

text: 's

text: family

text: members

text: and

text: friends

text: said

text: it

text: would

text: be

text: all

text: right

text: for

text: the

text: father

text: to

text: take

text: some

text: photos

text: so

text: he

text: did

text: When

text: he

text: left

text: Ali

text: went

text: back

text: to

text: his

text: drawing

text: More

text: diners

text: were

text: beginning

text: to

text: arrive

text: at

text: the

text: restaurant

text: Their

text: evenings

text: changed

text: the

text: moment

text: they

text: caught

text: sight

text: of

text: him

text: Some

text: pulled

text: out

text: cell

text: phones

text: to

text: call

text: people

text: across

text: the

text: nation

text: others

text: quietly

text: debated

text: whether

text: to

text: approach

text: him

text: Many

text: years

text: ago

text: I

text: traveled

text: the

text: country

text: with

text: him

text: to

text: prepare

text: a

text: magazine

text: profile

text: for

text: a

text: special

text: issue

text: on

text: the

text: men

text: and

text: women

text: judged

text: to

text: have

text: had

text: the

text: greatest

text: impact

text: on

text: society

text: during

text: their

text: time

text: on

text: Earth

text: Everywhere

text: Ali

text: went

text: he

text: was

text: mobbed

text: people

text: grabbed

text: at

text: him

text: people

text: cried

text: out

text: people

text: attempted

text: to

text: touch

text: his

text: face

text: In

text: the

text: middle

text: of

text: all

text: this

text: one

text: day

text: he

text: said

text: to

text: me

text: almost

text: in

text: a

text: whisper

text: This

text: is

text: the

text: whole

text: world

text: This

text: is

text: what

text: my

text: whole

text: life

text: is

text: like

text: That

text: has

text: n't

text: changed

text: although

text: his

text: ability

text: to

text: speak

text: aloud

text: about

text: it

text: has

text: The

text: food

text: began

text: to

text: arrive

text: at

text: his

text: table

text: The

text: people

text: to

text: his

text: right

text: and

text: to

text: his

text: left

text: helped

text: him

text: with

text: his

text: He

text: demonstrated

text: not

text: the

text: least

text: sliver

text: of

text: self

text: consciousness

text: this

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: his

text: life

text: now

text: and

text: he

text: knows

text: how

text: much

text: he

text: is

text: loved

text: He

text: handed

text: something

text: to

text: a

text: man

text: named

text: Cleve

text: Walker

text: who

text: has

text: been

text: his

text: friend

text: for

text: years

text: It

text: was

text: a

text: drawing

text: that

text: a

text: young

text: girl

text: had

text: brought

text: over

text: to

text: him

text: earlier

text: She

text: had

text: made

text: a

text: picture

text: of

text: a

text: butterfly

text: and

text: had

text: presented

text: it

text: to

text: him

text: Now

text: Ali

text: gave

text: it

text: to

text: Walker

text: who

text: took

text: it

text: across

text: the

text: restaurant

text: to

text: where

text: the

text: child

text: was

text: sitting

text: with

text: her

text: family

text: Ali

text: had

text: signed

text: his

text: name

text: to

text: it

text: Walker

text: handed

text: it

text: to

text: the

text: little

text: girl

text: Her

text: face

text: lit

text: up

text: Outside

text: the

text: restaurant

text: on

text: Walton

text: Street

text: a

text: group

text: of

text: young

text: men

text: walked

text: by

text: wearing

text: officially

text: licensed

text: jerseys

text: bearing

text: the

text: names

text: and

text: uniform

text: numbers

text: of

text: their

text: favorite

text: current

text: day

text: sports

text: stars

text: One

text: of

text: the

text: young

text: men

text: glanced

text: through

text: the

text: windowpane

text: but

text: did

text: not

text: register

text: that

text: the

text: man

text: at

text: whom

text: he

text: was

text: looking

text: was

text: Ali

text: Ali

text: studied

text: the

text: tablecloth

text: and

text: a

text: birthday

text: cake

text: arrived

text: and

text: the

text: others

text: at

text: the

text: table

text: began

text: to

text: sing

text: in

text: the

text: direction

text: of

text: one

text: woman

text: among

text: them

text: Happy

text: birthday

text: to

text: you

text: happy

text: birthday

text: to

text: you

text: Ali

text: did

text: not

text: sing

text: nor

text: did

text: he

text: look

text: up

text: But

text: then

text: the

text: others

text: reached

text: the

text: penultimate

text: line

text: of

text: the

text: song

text: Happy

text: birthday

text: dear

text: Marilyn

text: And

text: with

text: that

text: Ali

text: lifted

text: his

text: head

text: and

text: gazed

text: directly

text: at

text: her

text: right

text: into

text: her

text: eyes

text: and

text: smiled

text: the

text: most

text: luminous

text: smile

text: toward

text: her

text: happy

text: birthday

text: to

text: you

text: Soon

text: they

text: rose

text: to

text: depart

text: Some

text: in

text: the

text: restaurant

text: now

text: more

text: crowded

text: applauded

text: Ali

text: did

text: not

text: react

text: And

text: then

text: he

text: was

text: out

text: on

text: the

text: street

text: and

text: in

text: a

text: moment

text: out

text: of

text: sight

text: Around

text: the

text: next

text: corner

text: although

text: they

text: did

text: not

text: yet

text: know

text: it

text: people

text: would

text: soon

text: be

text: stopping

text: in

text: their

text: tracks

text: He

text: may

text: be

text: the

text: only

text: one

text: who

text: remembers

text: his

text: life

text: when

text: it

text: was

text: any

text: other

text: way

text: The

text: opinions

text: expressed

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: Bob

text: Greene

question: who said that ali embodied youth

answer: Bob Greene

text: Bob Greene

question: What did Bob Greene say?

answer: ordinary life stops when Muhammad Ali appears anywhere.

text: ordinary life stops when Muhammad Ali appears anywhere.

question: What did Greene say about Ali's life?

answer: his story so complicated, his health failing, his imprint on the world so indelible

text: his story so complicated, his health failing, his imprint on the world so indelible

question: What did Green say Ali embodied?

answer: Youth and strength and beauty

text: Youth and strength and beauty


text:
Montcoal, West Virginia (CNN) -- I am West Virginia born and raised, and I come from a long line of coal miners. My father, grandfather, brothers, husband and son-in-law either are or were coal miners.

My husband spent 35 years as an underground union coal miner and he died of black lung. I live near Coal River Mountain and my community is experiencing a tragedy.

The situation here, before this disaster, had already compelled me to become an environmental activist, committed to doing everything I can to stop the destructive practice of coal extraction known as mountaintop removal. I am not trying to stop all coal mining. I believe coal mining will be with us for a very long time, considering our enormous thirst for energy and our slow transition to renewable energy.

Throughout Appalachia, 2,000 miles of headwater streams have been destroyed and over 500 mountains have been decapitated by mountaintop removal. I stood by and did nothing until Massey Energy brought this fight to my door.

Three years ago, Massey applied for a permit to blow the top off the mountain behind my house. The company plans to level 6,600 acres of Coal River Mountain and turn it into a moonscape where no living, breathing thing can survive. I believe a higher and better use for this mountain is the Coal River Wind Project.

On Monday, April 5, an enormous explosion went off at the Upper Big Branch mine at Performance Coal Co., a subsidiary of Massey Energy. Thirty-one men in our community didn't come home that day.

We don't yet know the names of all of the deceased and I dread the day when the list is read and we, at last, know our connection to those who didn't make it.

I felt extremely blessed when I knew that my family members who worked at this mine were home and safe. I know many friends and neighbors will be among those we lost and I grieve for all of the families involved.

On April 6, many heartbroken and terrified families kissed their loved ones at the door and sent them off back to work underground. These very brave men enter these mines knowing their fate will probably be the same as their friends' on April 5 or the same as my husband's.

Now, although these very proud, brave and strong men make about $70,000 a year, if they had a choice, many of them would never go underground again. The problem is that we live in a mono-economy and there are no choices. The coal industry has a death grip in the state of West Virginia and we have some of the best politicians money can buy.

We also have some very honest, good and environmentally friendly politicians. Their numbers are small and it is considered to be political suicide to do anything in West Virginia that appears to be anti-coal.

Many of our representatives have tunnel vision and refuse to advocate for job diversity in the coal fields. Coal is a finite resource, and no matter when you think, it will eventually run out -- someday we will have harvested all of the economically feasible coal.

When that day comes, how will the people we love support their families? I live at ground zero for mountaintop removal and because of the stand that I and many other people have taken to stop it, tensions run high in the coal fields. We are all being used by an outlaw industry and corrupt politicians and we are all driven by fear.

The men who work in surface mining are terrified they will lose their jobs. I am terrified that my granddaughter will not have clean drinking water when she is of child-bearing age if we don't stop this.

Massey Energy's record speaks for itself. With an enormous amount of violations and previous deaths at this mine, I will leave it to you to decide if this company puts profits before the safety of its workers or views its employees as a disposable commodity.

We are coping with this enormous tragedy, and sometimes tragedy brings communities together. I can only hope that something good will come out of all of this bad.

The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Lorelei Scarbro.

text: Montcoal

text: West

text: Virginia

text: CNN

text: I

text: am

text: West

text: Virginia

text: born

text: and

text: raised

text: and

text: I

text: come

text: from

text: a

text: long

text: line

text: of

text: coal

text: miners

text: My

text: father

text: grandfather

text: brothers

text: husband

text: and

text: son

text: in

text: law

text: either

text: are

text: or

text: were

text: coal

text: miners

text: My

text: husband

text: spent

text: years

text: as

text: an

text: underground

text: union

text: coal

text: miner

text: and

text: he

text: died

text: of

text: black

text: lung

text: I

text: live

text: near

text: Coal

text: River

text: Mountain

text: and

text: my

text: community

text: is

text: experiencing

text: a

text: tragedy

text: The

text: situation

text: here

text: before

text: this

text: disaster

text: had

text: already

text: compelled

text: me

text: to

text: become

text: an

text: environmental

text: activist

text: committed

text: to

text: doing

text: everything

text: I

text: can

text: to

text: stop

text: the

text: destructive

text: practice

text: of

text: coal

text: extraction

text: known

text: as

text: mountaintop

text: removal

text: I

text: am

text: not

text: trying

text: to

text: stop

text: all

text: coal

text: mining

text: I

text: believe

text: coal

text: mining

text: will

text: be

text: with

text: us

text: for

text: a

text: very

text: long

text: time

text: considering

text: our

text: enormous

text: thirst

text: for

text: energy

text: and

text: our

text: slow

text: transition

text: to

text: renewable

text: energy

text: Throughout

text: Appalachia

text: miles

text: of

text: headwater

text: streams

text: have

text: been

text: destroyed

text: and

text: over

text: mountains

text: have

text: been

text: decapitated

text: by

text: mountaintop

text: removal

text: I

text: stood

text: by

text: and

text: did

text: nothing

text: until

text: Massey

text: Energy

text: brought

text: this

text: fight

text: to

text: my

text: door

text: Three

text: years

text: ago

text: Massey

text: applied

text: for

text: a

text: permit

text: to

text: blow

text: the

text: top

text: off

text: the

text: mountain

text: behind

text: my

text: house

text: The

text: company

text: plans

text: to

text: level

text: acres

text: of

text: Coal

text: River

text: Mountain

text: and

text: turn

text: it

text: into

text: a

text: moonscape

text: where

text: no

text: living

text: breathing

text: thing

text: can

text: survive

text: I

text: believe

text: a

text: higher

text: and

text: better

text: use

text: for

text: this

text: mountain

text: is

text: the

text: Coal

text: River

text: Wind

text: Project

text: On

text: Monday

text: April

text: an

text: enormous

text: explosion

text: went

text: off

text: at

text: the

text: Upper

text: Big

text: Branch

text: mine

text: at

text: Performance

text: Coal

text: Co.

text: a

text: subsidiary

text: of

text: Massey

text: Energy

text: Thirty

text: one

text: men

text: in

text: our

text: community

text: did

text: n't

text: come

text: home

text: that

text: day

text: We

text: do

text: n't

text: yet

text: know

text: the

text: names

text: of

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: deceased

text: and

text: I

text: dread

text: the

text: day

text: when

text: the

text: list

text: is

text: read

text: and

text: we

text: at

text: last

text: know

text: our

text: connection

text: to

text: those

text: who

text: did

text: n't

text: make

text: it

text: I

text: felt

text: extremely

text: blessed

text: when

text: I

text: knew

text: that

text: my

text: family

text: members

text: who

text: worked

text: at

text: this

text: mine

text: were

text: home

text: and

text: safe

text: I

text: know

text: many

text: friends

text: and

text: neighbors

text: will

text: be

text: among

text: those

text: we

text: lost

text: and

text: I

text: grieve

text: for

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: families

text: involved

text: On

text: April

text: many

text: heartbroken

text: and

text: terrified

text: families

text: kissed

text: their

text: loved

text: ones

text: at

text: the

text: door

text: and

text: sent

text: them

text: off

text: back

text: to

text: work

text: underground

text: These

text: very

text: brave

text: men

text: enter

text: these

text: mines

text: knowing

text: their

text: fate

text: will

text: probably

text: be

text: the

text: same

text: as

text: their

text: friends

text: on

text: April

text: or

text: the

text: same

text: as

text: my

text: husband

text: 's

text: Now

text: although

text: these

text: very

text: proud

text: brave

text: and

text: strong

text: men

text: make

text: about

text: a

text: year

text: if

text: they

text: had

text: a

text: choice

text: many

text: of

text: them

text: would

text: never

text: go

text: underground

text: again

text: The

text: problem

text: is

text: that

text: we

text: live

text: in

text: a

text: mono

text: economy

text: and

text: there

text: are

text: no

text: choices

text: The

text: coal

text: industry

text: has

text: a

text: death

text: grip

text: in

text: the

text: state

text: of

text: West

text: Virginia

text: and

text: we

text: have

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: best

text: politicians

text: money

text: can

text: buy

text: We

text: also

text: have

text: some

text: very

text: honest

text: good

text: and

text: environmentally

text: friendly

text: politicians

text: Their

text: numbers

text: are

text: small

text: and

text: it

text: is

text: considered

text: to

text: be

text: political

text: suicide

text: to

text: do

text: anything

text: in

text: West

text: Virginia

text: that

text: appears

text: to

text: be

text: anti

text: coal

text: Many

text: of

text: our

text: representatives

text: have

text: tunnel

text: vision

text: and

text: refuse

text: to

text: advocate

text: for

text: job

text: diversity

text: in

text: the

text: coal

text: fields

text: Coal

text: is

text: a

text: finite

text: resource

text: and

text: no

text: matter

text: when

text: you

text: think

text: it

text: will

text: eventually

text: run

text: out

text: someday

text: we

text: will

text: have

text: harvested

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: economically

text: feasible

text: coal

text: When

text: that

text: day

text: comes

text: how

text: will

text: the

text: people

text: we

text: love

text: support

text: their

text: families

text: I

text: live

text: at

text: ground

text: zero

text: for

text: mountaintop

text: removal

text: and

text: because

text: of

text: the

text: stand

text: that

text: I

text: and

text: many

text: other

text: people

text: have

text: taken

text: to

text: stop

text: it

text: tensions

text: run

text: high

text: in

text: the

text: coal

text: fields

text: We

text: are

text: all

text: being

text: used

text: by

text: an

text: outlaw

text: industry

text: and

text: corrupt

text: politicians

text: and

text: we

text: are

text: all

text: driven

text: by

text: fear

text: The

text: men

text: who

text: work

text: in

text: surface

text: mining

text: are

text: terrified

text: they

text: will

text: lose

text: their

text: jobs

text: I

text: am

text: terrified

text: that

text: my

text: granddaughter

text: will

text: not

text: have

text: clean

text: drinking

text: water

text: when

text: she

text: is

text: of

text: child

text: bearing

text: age

text: if

text: we

text: do

text: n't

text: stop

text: this

text: Massey

text: Energy

text: 's

text: record

text: speaks

text: for

text: itself

text: With

text: an

text: enormous

text: amount

text: of

text: violations

text: and

text: previous

text: deaths

text: at

text: this

text: mine

text: I

text: will

text: leave

text: it

text: to

text: you

text: to

text: decide

text: if

text: this

text: company

text: puts

text: profits

text: before

text: the

text: safety

text: of

text: its

text: workers

text: or

text: views

text: its

text: employees

text: as

text: a

text: disposable

text: commodity

text: We

text: are

text: coping

text: with

text: this

text: enormous

text: tragedy

text: and

text: sometimes

text: tragedy

text: brings

text: communities

text: together

text: I

text: can

text: only

text: hope

text: that

text: something

text: good

text: will

text: come

text: out

text: of

text: all

text: of

text: this

text: bad

text: The

text: opinions

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: Lorelei

text: Scarbro

question: Where does Scarbro come from?

answer: West Virginia

text: West Virginia

question: What is Scarbro fighting for?

answer: coal miners.

text: coal miners.

question: What did Scarbro's husband die of?

answer: black lung.

text: black lung.

question: What happened to the husband of Lorelei?

answer: he died of black lung.

text: he died of black lung.