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Superintendent Gary Knowles speaks to the media while CEO of Pike River Coal Peter Whitall looks on at Greymouth Police Station on November 20, 2010 in Greymouth, New Zealand
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010

Open quoteThe longer it goes on, hopes fade, and we have to be realistic.Close quote

  • GARY KNOWLES,
  • a police superintendent in New Zealand, on the increasingly dire situation of the 29 coal miners who have been missing since a mine explosion on Nov. 19
Photo: Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images | Source: AFP