was don blankenship notorious man who was an incredible numbers cruncher great accountant who grew up in the area but had a very very tough stance about unions and safety and major political donator. and and there you have it and he helped set the stage toward this sort of autocratic way of management that contributed to the stance so if don blankenship. established the environment and set the rules that led to these deaths and these rules were violations of. law why isn't he in jail that's a good question because i think i don't know why i mean that's apparently the laws do not. are weak enough where they can't necessarily go after c.e.o.'s or directors of coal companies and there has been a an investigation of this by. by the u.s. attorney's office in charleston and it's only gone up to the lower middle management of what was massey energy massey energy is now owned by alpha natural resources of bristol virginia they were they were bought it up and you know and i or so and they and they have they bought it they bought a post yes and the disaster was april two thousand and ten the. d