Samira J. Simone 's Samira J. Simone reflects on the toughness and hospitality of mining families . And , despite their pain , they were hospitable , allowing a green reporter without a signal to use their living room phone , rest on their front steps and ask a few questions about their fears and worries . Samira J. Simone covered a mining disaster in this week , and reported 2006 from West Virginia . Not much has changed ; the people of Appalachia are as kind as they are tough , she writes .
Samira J. Simone 's Samira J. Simone reflects on the toughness and hospitality of mining families . Samira J. Simone covered a mining disaster in this week , and reported 2006 from West Virginia . Not much has changed ; the people of Appalachia are as kind as they are tough , she writes .