briefed on the rescue effort. Governor Mark Schweiker visited the site that night, said at a news briefing later that they "are in a very fragile state. We may need a little help from the Almighty." He also stated that "We are bringing every asset that is necessary to complete this rescue operation", and that anything less than the rescue of all nine of the men would be unacceptable. Many from around the world called, emailed, and prayed in support of the rescue. The news media covered the story with hopeful reporting, as many were returning to stay at the same Somerset hotels they had previously occupied while covering the United Airlines Flight 93 crash site, located ten miles (16 km) away. Resumption of drilling A new bit arrived from West Virginia at 7:00p.m. Friday, but due to its nominally larger size, the hole had to be enlarged from the surface. This operation started at approximately 8:40p.m. on Friday. Enlarging the first rescue hole with the new bit began at 1a.m. on July 27, but later stopped to replace the sleeve. At 2:30p.m. drilling was stopped again as the operation damaged the outer cutting bits and a new bit assembly was needed. At 3:30a.m. a decision was made to change to a bit since there was one available south of the mine in Somerset, and it would accommodate the rescue capsule. At 6:30a.m. the installation of the new 26-inch bit was completed and drilling resumed. One possibility that was feared at this point was that of breaking into the chamber too quickly, resulting in the water in the mine rushing upward and drowning the miners. An additional and possibly fatal danger was that of the miners being afflicted with decompression sickness, due to their breathing air which was at a higher pressure than the surface pressure, due to the pressure of the surrounding water. In preparation for these possibilities, an airlock was fashioned to go on top of the escape shaft, and on Thursday evening, 10 portable hyperbaric chambers arrived at the drilling site. Drilling continued until 1:38p.m. on July 27, when it was stopped to install the air lock and wait for the water to be pumped down to an elevation of mean sea level (“MSL”), approximately below the portal elevation. Drilling started again at 4:45p.m., but at 8:11p.m. the rings in the airlock failed and had to be