On January 2 , 2006 , an explosion at Sago mine in West Virginia trapped several miners underground . The following day , Browne was a guest on the radio program '' Coast to Coast AM '' with George Noory . At the start of the broadcast , it was believed that twelve of thirteen miners trapped by the disaster had been found alive and , when Noory asked Browne if the reported lack of noise from inside the mine might have led her to think the men had died , she replied , " No ; I knew they were going to be found . " Later in the program , it was discovered that the earlier news reports had been in error ; Browne said , " I do n't think there 's anybody alive , maybe one ... I just do n't think they are alive " , adding , subsequently , that she " did n't believe that they were alive ... I did believe that they were gone . " Browne cultivated a large following : in 2007 , she had a four-year waiting list for readings by telephone . That same year , hundreds of people joined Browne on a cruise , each paying thousands of dollars for psychic readings . Many of her books became staples on '' The New York Times '' Best Seller list
an explosion at Sago mine
Sago Mine disaster
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